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{{Infobox street
| name = Tsarigradsko shose Blvd
| image = Road junction @ Sitnyakovo blvd, Sofia.jpg
| former_names = Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Blvd, Trakia Blvd
| length_km = 11.4
| width = 37 m
| location = [[Sofia]]
| coordinates = {{coord|42|39|43|N|23|22|39|E}}
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = [[Orlov most]]
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = [[Sofia ring road]]
| junction = [[Slatina, Sofia|Yavorov]], Aviation Sq, [[Sofia Airport]] / [[Mladost, Sofia|Mladost]], Gorublyane / Druzhba
}}
'''Tsarigradsko shose''' ({{langx|bg|Цариградско шосе|lit=[[Tsarigrad]] ([[Istanbul]]) [[Chausseé]] (Road)}}) is the largest [[boulevard]] in the capital of [[Bulgaria]], [[Sofia]]. The boulevard provides grade-separated dual carriageway in almost its entire length of 11.4 km, running from the north-west to the south-east. It begins in the city center, at [[Orlov Most]] (Eagle's Bridge), before which it is called [[Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard]]. In its east end, at the [[Sofia Ring Road]], the boulevard becomes part of the [[Trakiya motorway|Trakia motorway]] (A1). The maximum allowed speed on Tsarigradsko shose is 80 km/h between Orlov Most and [[Gorublyane]] neighbourhood.

The road is part of the historical [[Via Militaris]], and in the past it was known as '''Tsarigradski pat (drum)''', and within Sofia as '''"V. I. Lenin"''' Blvd. and '''"Trakiya"''' Blvd.

To the south the boulevard borders with Sofia's largest park, the [[Borisova Gradina]], which hosts the [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]] and [[Bulgarian Army Stadium]]. A number of departments of the [[Bulgarian Academy of Sciences]] are situated along the road in the area of the [[Fourth Kilometer Square]], as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Polygraphic plant, [[Arena Armeec]], [[Sofia Tech Park]] and several hotels including the emblematic [[Pliska Hotel]]. In the outskirts of the city there are a lot of hypermarkets and office buildings constructed along the boulevard. Reconstruction and resurfacing are ongoing since 2013 to improve safety and comfort.

On April 25, 2012, [[Tsarigradsko shose Metro Station]] started operation with large underground park-and-ride. Nearby the metro station, the highrise of [[Capital Fort]] was completed in 2015.

The boulevard bears the old Bulgarian name of the city of [[Istanbul]] (medieval [[Constantinople]]), ''[[Tsargrad|Tsarigrad]]'', as it leads southeastwards out of the city, towards [[Plovdiv]] and Istanbul.

==Gallery==
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File:Sofia Tsarigradsko shose view from Orlov most 2012 PD.jpg|The beginning of Tsarigradsko shose at [[Eagles' Bridge, Sofia|Orlov most]]
File:Downtown Sofia Boby Dimitrov 1.jpg|Tsarigradsko shose near Orlov Most
File:Бул. Цариградско шосе, София.JPG|The eastern part of Tsarigradsko shose
File:Джонсън Контролс, Бул. Цариградско шосе, София.JPG|Tsarigradsko shose near [[Mladost, Sofia|Mladost district]]
File:Tzarigradsko shose and Poligrafitscheski kombinat Sofia 007.JPG|The ex-Printing factory
File:Бул. Цариградско шосе, София 3.JPG|Office buildings
File:Мега парк, Бул. Цариградско шосе, София.JPG|[[The Mall (Sofia)]]
File:Sofia - Bulevard Tsarigradsko Sosse IMG 0664 Vivacom Center.jpg|[[Vivacom]] Centre and The Mall
File:Boulevard Tsarigradsko Shose (1) (37705775771).jpg|Looking at [[Eagles' Bridge, Sofia|Orlov most]]
File:Tsarigradsko Shose and Capital Fort.png|Capital Fort Building at the entrance to Sofia
</gallery>

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[[Category:Streets in Sofia]]

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Tsarigradsko shose - Revision history

imported>HarlambiDaabrev at 11:37, 28 February 2025