Sights in Town Sofia

The Monument of the Bulgarian Tsar Samuil (997-1014) in Sofia was opened on June 8, 2015 on the occasion of the 1000 anniversary of the death of the great Bulgarian ruler. It is located in the center of the city, in the garden front of the basilica "St. Sofia". The statue was opened...

The Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia was built in 1954. It represents a soldier from the Soviet Army, surrounded by a local woman and a man. There are other, secondary sculptural compositions part of the memorial complex around the main monument.The monument is is located in а small park on Ts...

The Monument to the Tsar Liberator (Tsar Osvoboditel) is an equestrian monument in the centre of Sofia, facing the National Assembly of Bulgaria and with the Radisson SAS hotel behind it . The memorial was erected in the period 1901 - 1903 by the Italian sculptor Arnoldo Zocchi in honour of Russi...

Vasil Levski (18 July 1837–19 February 1873) is  most reputable and loved  national hero of Bulgaria. He is a great Bulgarian revolutionary executed (hung) by the Turks in 1973, in the outskirts (nowadays this is central zone) of Sofia, where now is located the Vasil Levski monument.The plans for a ...

The Russian monument was built on June 29, 1882. This is the first monument in Sofia, erected after the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule. Funds for its construction were collected by the Russian people. The Russian monument is a stone pyramid with a truncated top. On the east side of the...