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The Bells Monument

The Bells monument is situated 14 km eastwards from the center of Sofia at the foot of Vitosha Mountain. Children from all over the planet built into the unique monument their faith in the good and bright days without war and violence to come. The United Nations Organization declared 1979 …

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Tsar Liberator Monument

Tsar Liberator Monument

The Monument to the Tsar Liberator is a monument in the center of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It was erected in honour of Russian Emperor Alexander II who liberated Bulgaria from Ottoman rule during the Russo-Turkish War. The Monument to the Tsar Liberator lies on a little square at …

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Monument of Bulgarian volunteers

The monument of the Bulgarian volunteer units (so-called “opulchentsi”) who fought with the Russian Army against Ottoman Turkey in the Bulgarian Liberation War of 1877-78 is located behind the Military Club. It is a seven-meter-high bronze monument – a copy of the famous painting of Jaroslav Veshin “The Samara Flag” …

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