*Location:

   Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
   Alexander Nevsky Square
   Sofia (Sophia), Bulgaria
   LL: N 42.69593, E 23.33251

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*Player:

   (team of 3 men)

*Contact:

   Patriarchal Cathedral
     St.Alexander Nevsky
   Alexander Nevsky Square
   Sofia 1000
   Bulgaria
   T: 02/988 17 04

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Basses 12 ton, 6 ton, 3 ton; treble
   10kg; total 25 ton; all made in Moscow
   by Pavel Nicolaevich Finlyandski,
   Kolokol-Litenyi foundry.

*Technical data:

   Zvon of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1910
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022

The English Wikipedia article about the building has several photos of it, and briefly mentions its bells.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all European chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all European chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all European chimes by year of completion.

Where the bass bell of this zvon ranks among all great bells in Europe.

Index to all zvons.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Bulgaria.

   This page was built from the database on  3-Jan-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/12/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/12/07