JASMIN COMPLEX IS ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY FROMTHE SKI RUNS AND PISTES OF VITOSHA SKI RESORT.THE SIX SEAT GONDOLA LIFT IS 2 KM AWAY AND WILLTAKE YOU UP TO THE SKI RUNS FOR ONLY HALF ANHOUR.BOYANA CHURCHSEVERAL CULTURAL AND NATURAL MONUMENTS WHICH AREPROTECTED BY UNESCO ARE UNIQUE FOR BULGARIA. SUCHA CULTURAL LANDMARK IS THE BOYANA CHURCH. IN 1979IT WAS PROCLAIMED AS A MONUMENT OF UNESCO. IT ISSITUATED 8 KILOMETERS FROM THE BULGARIAN CAPITAL.THE FRESCOES WHICH CAN BE SEEN INSIDE IT ARE WITHMARKED RENAISSANCE MOTIFS AND TECHNIQUES. THATSWHY IT IS A MONUMENT OF THE BULGARIAN MEDIAEVALARCHITECTURE AND CHURCH PAINTING. THE BUILDING ISMADE UP OF THREE PARTS. THE FIRST , WHICH IS THEOLDEST, WAS BUILT IN THE 11TH CENTURY. THE OTHERTWO WERE ERECTED ACCORDINGLY IN THE 13TH AND THE14 15TH CENTURY. THE MURAL PAINTINGS PORTRAY 240FIGURES IN 89 SCENES. THEY DATE BACK THE YEAR OF1259. THE UNKNOWN CREATOR OF THE WALL PAINTINGSIS SUPPOSES TO BE AN ALUMNUS OF THE TARNOVO ARTSCHOOL. THE FRESCOES INTRODUCE NEW FOR THEMEDIAEVAL AGES AESTHETICS. THEY ARECHARACTERISTIC WITH THEIR ORIGINALITY ANDARTISTIC POWER OF AN EXCEPTIONALREALISM.......................................3KMDRAGALEVTSI MONASTERY.........................3KMSIMEONOVO LIFT.................................2KMNATIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY....................4KMALEXANDER NEVSKY CATHEDRALTHE ST. ALEXANDER NEVSKY CATHEDRAL IS SITUATED INTHE CENTER OF SOFIA. IT IS LOCATED ON THE SQUAREWHICH BEARS ITS NAME. THE IMPRESSIVE BUILDINGCOVERS THE AREA OF 2600 SQUARE METERS AND ITSUNIQUE ARCHITECTURE DETERMINES THE CATHEDRAL ASONE OF THE LANDMARKS IN SOFIA WHICH YOU MUSTVISIT AT ALL COST. THE TEMPLE IS A HUGE FIVE NAVECROSS DOMED BASILICA THE ARCHITECTURE OF WHICHCOMBINES BULGARIAN, BYZANTINE AND RUSSIANELEMENTS. ITS BUILDING HAS BEGUN IN 1904 ANDENDED IN 1912. THE TEMPLE WAS BUILT IN HONOUR OFTHE BULGARIAN LIBERTY FROM OTTOMAN YOKE IN1877 1878. THE GILT DOMES OF THE CATHEDRAL AREEXCEPT