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See also:SOFIA (Bulgarian Sredetz, the See also:middle See also:town, a name now little used) , the See also:capital of See also:Bulgaria, situated almost in the centre of an upland See also:plain, about 1700 ft. above See also:sea-level, between the Western Balkans on the N. and Mt Vitosh on the S. Pop. (1907) 82,187. Two small tributaries of the See also:river Isker, the Perlovetz and the Eleshnitza or Boyana, flow respectively on the See also:east and See also:west sides of the town. Since 188o the See also:city has been almost entirely renovated in the " See also:European " See also:style; the narrow tortuous lanes and mean houses of the See also:Turkish See also:epoch have almost disappeared, and a new town with straight parallel streets has been constructed in the eastern suburb. The See also:oldest See also:building in Sofia is the little See also:round See also:chapel of St See also:George in the Jewish See also:quarter—originally, it is said, a See also:Roman See also:temple; then a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, then a See also:mosque, and now a church once more. Of the See also:principal mosques the large Buyuk Djamfa, with nine See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal cupolas, has become the See also:National Museum; the Tcherna Djamfa or See also:Black Mosque, latterly used as a See also:prison, has been transformed into a handsome church; the Banyabashi Djamfa, with its picturesque See also:minaret, is still used by Moslem worshippers. See also:Close to the last-named in the centre of the town, are the public See also:baths with hot springs (temperature .117° F ). In the See also:cathedral or church of Sveti Kral (the See also:Saint See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King), a See also:modern building, are preserved the remains of the Servian king Stefan Urosh II A large new cathedral dedicated to St See also:Alexander Nevski was in course of construction in 1907; the See also:foundation See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone was taken from the church of St See also:Sophia. The See also:palace of the See also:prince, occupying the site of the Turkish konak was built by Prince Alexander in 188o-1882; it has been greatly enlarged by King See also:Ferdinand. In front of the palace is the public See also:garden or Alexander See also:Park. The See also:theatre, the largest in See also:south-eastern See also:Europe, was completed in 1906. Other important buildings are the Sobranye, or See also:parliament See also:house, the palace of the See also:synod, the ministries of See also:war and See also:commerce, the university with the national See also:printing See also:press, the national library, the See also:officers' See also:club and several large military structures.
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