Sights in Town Sofia

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...

The National Art Gallery (Natsionalna hudozhestvena galeriya) is located in central part of Sofia in the building of the former royal palace of Bulgaria. It was created in 1934 and moved to the palace in 1946, after the abolition of the monarchy.The National Art Gallery houses over 50,000 pieces of...

The National Gallery for Foreign Art in Sofia was opened on 5 November 1985. It is housed in the reconstructed building of the old State Printing House designed by the Vienna architect Friedrich Schwanberg. The gallery is disposed in 19 rooms (four floors) at total exhibition area around 3,200 m2....

The National Palace of Culture (Natsionalen Dvorets na Kulturata or for short NDK) is in the centre of Sofia and has a marvelous view at Vitosha Mountain. This is the largest multifunctional complex in Bulgaria and in South-Eastern Europe. Because of its central and easy location and of fact there ...

The Museum Gallery of Modern Art in Sofia is one of the unique galleries in Eastern Europe and certainly one of a kind on the territory of Bulgaria. There are exhibited original and unique graphic art works of XX-th century European modern artists as well as post-war American and contemporary works....

This museum is an integral part of higher school National Academy of Art , which accounts for its very special place at the academy. It ranks among the oldest museums in Bulgaria and was established simultaneously with the State School of Drawing in 1896. Throughout the years, it has not only...