Shipka Memorial Church, Shipka

Name: Shipka Memorial Church
Address: Shipka, Bulgaria

#3 among attractions in Shipka

Top attraction, Church, Russian revival architecture

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The Memorial Temple of the Birth of Christ, better known as the Shipka Memorial Church or Shipka Monastery is a Bulgarian Orthodox church built near the town of Shipka in Stara Planina between 1885 and 1902 to Antoniy Tomishko's design in the seventeenth-century Muscovite style, under the direction of architect Alexander Pomerantsev. It is, together with the other parts of the Shipka Monument complex, dedicated to the Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian soldiers that died for the liberation of Bulgaria in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78. ()

Local name: Рождество Христово Coordinates: 42°42'58"N, 25°19'44"E

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Shipka Memorial Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Thracian tomb Shushmanets, Tomb of Seuthes III, Thracian tomb Griffins, Thracian tomb Golyama Arsenalka.

1.2 miSE
Tomb
Thracian tomb Shushmanets, Shipka
31 min walk • The Thracian tomb at Shushmanets is a mound located in the Valley of the Thracian Rulers. It was built as a temple in the 4th century BC and later used as a tomb.
1.1 miS
Museum, Tomb
Tomb of Seuthes III
29 min walk • The Tomb of Seuthes III is located near Kazanlak, Bulgaria. Seuthes III was the King of the Odrysian Kingdom of Thrace from c. 331 to c. 300 BC and founder of the nearby Thracian city of Seuthopolis. It is one of the most elaborate tombs in the Valley of the Thracian Rulers.
1.1 miSE
Museum, Tomb
Thracian tomb Griffins
28 min walk • The Thracian tomb Griffins, found in Bulgaria, has a façade decorated with plastic columns and with a pediment above them. The pediment`s ends are semi-palmettes, the lower leaves of which are elongated and look like heads of griffins.
1.5 miSW
Tomb
Thracian tomb Golyama Arsenalka
39 min walk • Golyama Arsenalka mound is a Thracian burial tumulus with a subterranean stone building near the Bulgarian town of Shipka. It dates from the end of 5th century BCE. It is composed of a representative façade, a small antechamber and a domed chamber. The entrances have been closed with double stone doors.
1.1 miSE
Tomb
Thracian tomb Helvetia
30 min walk • The Thracian tomb "Helvetia" mound near Shipka, Bulgaria, was built in the middle of the 4th century BC.

Shipka Memorial Church, Shipka

Facts and practical information

Shipka plan & book

Shipka Memorial Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Thracian tomb Shushmanets, Shipka

Tomb of Seuthes III

Thracian tomb Griffins

Thracian tomb Golyama Arsenalka

Thracian tomb Helvetia