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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” …

If you happen to pass the Sofia city center, you will notice the Statue of Saint Sofia standing on a column in the middle of a busy crossroad. Her golden face looks upon the Batemberg square, where TZUM, The presidency, and the Government houses are situated. The 24-meter-high bronze statue …

50 years have passed since that particular autumn day in 1953 when in Sofia was officially opened the new National Opera, comfortably sheltered into the friendly arms of the Monumental House of BZNS [The Agrarian Union of Bulgaria], named “Alexander Stambolijsky” after the name of its popular leader. Sofia National …