Sights in Town Sofia

The Earth and Мan Museum in Sofia was Founded in 1986. There are exhibited more than 20,000 exhibits are on display, divided into 6 sections: Giant Crystals, Minerals of the Earth, Industrial Minerals, Raw Material Sources of Bulgaria, Gems, New Materials. Sometimes, the museum also hosts different ...

Being the first and the richest natural history museum on the Balkans, the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia studies, preserves and disseminates information about the living and non-living nature both in Bulgaria and throughout the world. The museum exhibitions occupy 16 halls on 4 floors....

The Ethnographic Museum in Sofia was founded in 1892 as a department of the Popular Museum (today`s Archaeological Museum). It became a separate museum in 1906 with the completion of the collection of works of traditional Bulgarian handcrafts, costumes, fabrics, carpets, embroideries, musical...

The church Pokrov Bogorodichen-Vseh Skorbyashtih Radost ("The Veil of Mother of God – Joy to All Who Suffer") is located in the center of Sofia city, close to the Ruski pametnik (Russian monument). The church was built in period 1922 - 1926 by Mariya Filaretova - a great Bulgarian benefactress, a...

Alexander Nevski crypt museum in Sofia was founded in 1965 and contains items from the very beginnings of Bulgarian iconography (the end of the 9th century) until the end of the 19th century. All stages of the Bulgarian iconography school are represented in a collection of 1500 items. Address of...

The Puppet Theatre in Sofia is the first puppet theatre in Bulgaria. It was founded in 1946 by Mara Penkova that put her own money for its creation.The first performance was "Tatuncho and the Dragon", played on April 21, 1946. In 1948 the Government created a state subsidy for the theater...

In the National Museum of Polytechnic in Sofia are exhibited collections of appliances and machines specifying the different techniques and technologies. Some of the most attractive collections are these of clocks, of Mining lamps, of Sound recording and sound-reproductive technic, of Geodesic ...

The fortress Serdica is an archeological site which is located in the centre of Sofia city, the capital of Bulgaria that is in west Bulgaria. Originally Serdica was founded as a Thracian settlement, but in 27 BC was conquered by the Romans. By the regime of Marcus Ulpius Trajan (98-117) the...

This Museum of Sofia History was created after Sofia is chosen for the capital of Bulgaria. The museum owns more than 100 000 original exhibits. There are stored objects from archaeological excavations, coins, jewels, antique weapons, clothing, decorations and medals, theater and film posters,...

The Dragalevski monastery "The Holy Virgin of Vitosha" ("Vitoshka Sveta Bogoroditsa") is situated at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, 3 km south of quarter of Dragalevtszi (Sofia). It is one of the most beautiful and at the same time easiest to access monasteries in Bulgaria....