Yordan Milanov (; 1867–1932) was a

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n architect. Milanov was one of the leading Bulgarian architects from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Sofia municipality web site
His works are among the most popular landmarks of the city centar of

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, most notably St. Sedmochislenitsi Church and the Synodal Palace which were both designed in cooperation with Petko Momchilov.

Biography and career

Born as Yordan Milanov on December 26, 1867, in the town of Elena, Bulgaria, he graduated at the famous Aprilov National High School in

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. In the end of the 1880s, Milanov enrolled architecture at

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. Returning to Bulgaria in 1893, he began a remarkable career starting as assistant of the chief architect of Sofia municipality and then taking the position of Inspector General at the Ministry of Public Works until 1921. During this time, the collaboration between Milanov and Petko Momchilov created some of the most distinctive and recognizable styles of the Bulgarian architecture from that time. Milanov was a member and later a chairman of the committee on the construction of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia.

Works

*Aleksandrovska hospital, Sofia, (collaboration with Petko Momchilov) *1893 - Central Post Hall, Sofia *1901-1902 - St. Sedmochislenitsi Church, Sofia, (collaboration with Petko Momchilov) *1904-1907 - Bulgarian Agricultural Bank headquarters (nowadays Bulgarian State Railways headquarters), Sofia *1908 - The

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Palace, Sofia, (collaboration with Petko Momchilov) * Redesigning parts of

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Rectorate

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Sofia University architects

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milanov, Yordan Bulgarian architects 1867 births 1932 deaths People from Elena, Bulgaria

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