Landmarks

Vitosha Mountain is the oldest nature park on the Balkan Peninsula

Bulgaria National Holidays

The Largo

The National Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Scientists is housed in the building of the former Royal Palace.

The lake is by the village of Pancharevo, about 15 km away from the capital city in the direction of the Borovets ski resort.

The National Palace of Culture was build on the occasion of the 1300th anniversary of the Bulgarian State in 1981.

The St. George Rotunda is the oldest preserved building in Sofia.

Vitosha Boulevard is the main commercial and pedestrian street in the centre of Sofia.

Borisova gradina is the oldest and best known park in Sofia.

It's on Unesco's World Heritage list and its 90 murals are rare survivors from that period, and are among the very finest examples of Bulgarian Medieval artwork. They include the oldest know portrait of St John of Rila, along with representations of King Konstantin Asen and Queen Irina.

Housed in a former Mosque, built in 1496, this museums displays a wealth Thracian, Roman and medieval artefacts.

The St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia is the oldest higher education university in Bulgaria founded on 1 October 1888.

The St. Sofia church which gave its name to the city is situated in an unusual, sacral place shrouded in legends related to Emperor Constantine the Great, Princess Sofia and Emperor Justinian.

There could hardly be chosen a more suitable place for the Melpomene’s temple – the Ivan Vazov National Theatre than the centre of the capital Sofia. And there is no other more suited name for the theatre than the name of Ivan Vazov- the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature.

The St. Alexander Nevski Memorial Church. The temple, which can accommodate 7000 people, is the largest on the Balkan Peninsula.