{"id":200,"date":"2007-11-24T18:39:34","date_gmt":"2007-11-24T08:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=200"},"modified":"2007-11-24T18:39:34","modified_gmt":"2007-11-24T08:39:34","slug":"the-rotonda-church-of-st-george-sofia-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/bulgaria\/things-to-see-in-sofia\/the-rotonda-church-of-st-george-sofia-bulgaria","title":{"rendered":"St. George Rotunda &#8211; Sofia, Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the courtyard area behind the Sheraton Hotel,\u00a0can be found\u00a0St. George Rotunda.\u00a0 This round red brick church is set among the excavations of ancient roman ruins. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/28034-2\/IMG_7901.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Rotunda church of St. George\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Rotunda church of St. George\" \/>Built in the 4th century, when Sofia was known as Serdica, this very well preserved\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Bulgaria\/Sofia\/Sofia2005\/IMG_7901.jpg.html\" title=\"St. George Rotunda - Sofia\">rotunda church of St. George <\/a>is considered the oldest building in Sofia.\u00a0\u00a0 It was destroyed by the Huns, then rebuilt and turned into a mosque by the Ottomans.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/28028-2\/IMG_7898.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Restoration work, Church of St. George, Sofia\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Restoration work, Church of St. George, Sofia\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Bulgaria\/Sofia\/Sofia2005\/DSC_2712.jpg.html\" title=\"Restoration work - St. George Rotunda, Sofia\">Restoration work <\/a>has revealed three layers of medieval frescoes, which had been hidden by plaster since the sixteenth century.\u00a0 Historians and archeologists believe that these frescoes date to the middle of 10th century and portray 22 prophets.\u00a0 The impressive cupola bears a 14th century portrait of Christ, surrounded by four <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/28032-2\/IMG_7900.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Foundation of Roman settlements, Sofia\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Foundation of Roman settlements, Sofia\" \/>angels.<\/p>\n<p>To the east lie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Bulgaria\/Sofia\/Sofia2005\/IMG_7900.jpg.html\" title=\"Excavated foundations of the Roman settlement of Serdica\">excavated foundations of the Roman settlement <\/a>of Serdica. There are also remains of a 2nd century street and other Byzantine ruins.<\/p>\n<p>At present, the church is a museum, under the protection of UNESCO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Helen\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the courtyard area behind the Sheraton Hotel,\u00a0can be found\u00a0St. George Rotunda.\u00a0 This round red brick church is set among the excavations of ancient roman ruins. 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