Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard (; "Tsar Liberator boulevard") is a boulevard in the centre of

Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

, the capital of

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. It lies between Orlov most to the east (east of which it is called

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) and Nezavisimost Square to the west, where it merges with Knyaz Aleksandar Dondukov Boulevard to form Todor Aleksandrov Boulevard west of the square. It is named after the Russian

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Alexander II of Russia Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, Congress Poland, King of Poland and Grand Du ...

because of his role in the

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. Many of Sofia and Bulgaria's institutions and representative buildings are located on Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard, including (from east to west) the

Sofia University Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" () is a public university, public research university in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Bulgaria. Founded on 1 October 1888, the edifice of the university was constr ...

rectorate, the

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, the

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; , ''Bŭlgarska akademiya na naukite'', abbreviated БАН) is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy, with headquarters in Sofia, is autonomous and consists of a S ...

edifice, the

Central Military Club The Central Military Club (, ''Tsentralen voenen klub'') is a multi-purpose monument of culture building in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, located on Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard and Georgi Rakovski Street. It serves the Bulgarian Ar ...

, the former royal palace (today accommodating the National Art Gallery and the National Ethnographic Museum), the

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, the Italian Embassy and the Austrian Embassy. From Orlov most to the Sofia University junction the boulevard is asphalt-paved, but it is mainly famous for the yellow

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s it features in its central, most representative part. The boulevard intersects with (from east to west) Vasil Levski Boulevard at Sofia University where the SU St. Kliment Ohridski Metro Station is located, Georgi Sava Rakovski Street (at the Military Club) and Knyaz Alexander Battenberg Street (at Battenberg Square).

Gallery

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rectorate Image:National Assembly main building, Sofia, October 2016 02.jpg,

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Image:Russian Church Sofia Bulgaria Morning.JPG, The Russian Church Image:The National Ethnographic Museum of Sofia.jpg, National Art Gallery (former royal palace) Image:Sofia_buildings_TodorBozhinov_(48).JPG, The Italian Embassy

References

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