The Zoo

Knyazheska Gradina The institution of the Zoological Gardens in Sofia is closely tied to the election of Ferdinand I as Prince of Bulgaria in 1887. The monarch’s passion for natural sciences was well known and the inaugural gifts included quite a few animals, which the prince initially kept at the Vrana Palace’s park. Before long,…

The State Print House

St. Alexander Nevsky Sq. and 1, February 19 Str. One of the first representative buildings after the Liberation is the State Printing House, erected by a proposal of the Prime Minister Petko Karavelov. Designed by the Viennese architect Friedrich Schwanberg in Neoclassical style, it is completed in 1887. In the 1920s, on the grounds of…

The Theological Academy

19, ‘St. Nedelya’ Sq. The colourful building on 19, St. Nedelya Sq. houses the Faculty of Theology of Sofia University, the St. Clement of Ohrid chapel-monument, an Ecclesiastical Library and the Church Museum of History and Archaeology to the Holy Synod. Ever since its inception, the impressive building has been thought of as a home…

The Archaeological Museum

2, Saborna Str. The oldest state museum of Bulgaria – successor of the Sofia Public Library’s Valuables ​​Department, was established in 1892, under the title “National Museum”. For its future exhibition and storage for the cultural valuables, it received the building of Buyuk Mosque, erected in 1494 by order of the Grand Vizier Mahmoud Pasha.…