Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard () is a boulevard in the centre of

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, the capital of

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. It lies between Orlov most to the east (east of which it is called

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) and Nezavisimost Square to the west, where it merges with Knyaz Aleksandar Dondukov Boulevard to form Todor Aleksandrov Boulevard west of the square. It is named after Tsar Alexander II of Russia, referred to as the "Tsar Liberator" because of his role in the

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. Many of Sofia and Bulgaria's institutions and representative buildings are located on Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard, including (from east to west) the

Sofia University Sofia University, "St. Kliment Ohridski" at the University of Sofia, ( bg, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, ''Sofijski universitet „Sv. Kliment Ohridski“'') is the oldest higher education i ...

rectorate, the

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, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences edifice, the

Central Military Club The Central Military Club ( bg, Централен военен клуб, ''Tsentralen voenen klub'') is a multi-purpose monument of culture building in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, located on Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard and Georgi ...

, the former royal palace (today accommodating the National Art Gallery and the National Ethnographic Museum), the

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, the Italian Embassy and the Austrian Embassy. From Orlov most to the Sofia University junction the boulevard is asphalt-paved, but it is mainly famous for the yellow

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cobblestones it features in its central, most representative part. The boulevard intersects with (from east to west) Vasil Levski Boulevard at Sofia University where the SU St. Kliment Ohridski Metro Station is located, Georgi Sava Rakovski Street (at the Military Club) and Knyaz Alexander Battenberg Street (at Battenberg Square).

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