Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Sofia, Bulgaria

The Shroud of the Virgin Mary is an Orthodox church in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, located not far from the Russian Monument. It was built in 1922 – 26 by Yordanka Filaretova. The iconostasis is one of the few original gold-plated iconostases in Bulgaria. It is made in Mount Athos.

Wikipedia: Покров Богородичен (София) (BG)

"Holy Virgin" is a church of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Sofia, Bulgaria, located at 6 Lajos Kossuth Street in Sofia, in the Debar Garden.

Wikipedia: Света Богородица (арменска църква в София) (BG)

The Sofia City Art Gallery was established on October 22, 1928 by order of Gen. Vladimir Vazov, then Mayor of Sofia Municipality. It is housed in the reconstructed a little earlier building of the City Casino on 1 Gurko Street.

Wikipedia: Софийска градска художествена галерия (BG), Website

The Ivan Vazov National Theatre is Bulgaria's national theatre, as well as the oldest and most authoritative theatre in the country and one of the important landmarks of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is located in the centre of the city, with the facade facing the City Garden.

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The house-museum "Ivan Vazov" is located on the corner of ul. "Rakovski" and ul. "Ivan Vazov", from which is the entrance. This is the first literary museum in Bulgaria. It was opened on November 26, 1926.

Wikipedia: Къща музей „Иван Вазов“ (София) (BG), Website, Facebook

New Drama Theatre "Tears and Laughter" is the successor of the name of the oldest professional Bulgarian theater troupe, established in 1892, 12 years before the founding of the National Theater.

Wikipedia: Нов драматичен театър „Сълза и смях“ (BG), Website

The Russian Church, officially known as the Church of St Nicholas the Miracle-Maker, is a Russian Orthodox church in central Sofia, Bulgaria situated on Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard.

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The Ethnographic Institute with Museum is a state cultural institution at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia for the development of ethnology and the parallel preservation of the material riches of the past of the Bulgarian people.

Wikipedia: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с етнографски музей (BG)

The National Art Gallery is Bulgaria's national gallery, and houses over 50,000 pieces of Bulgarian art.

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The National Archaeological Museum is an archaeological museum in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It occupies the building of the largest and oldest former Ottoman mosque in the city, originally known as Koca Mahmut Paşa Camii. The construction started in 1451 under grand vizier Veli Mahmud Pasha but due to his death in 1474 the mosque has been completed in 1494. The museum was established as a separate entity in 1893 as the National Museum directed by Czech Václav Dobruský with its headquarters in the former mosque that previously housed the National Library between 1880 and 1893.

Wikipedia: National Archaeological Museum, Bulgaria (EN), Website

The Church of Saint George is a Late Antique red brick rotunda in Sofia, Bulgaria. Built in the early 4th century as Roman baths, it became a church inside the walls of Serdica, capital of ancient Dacia Mediterranea during the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire. The Early Christian church is considered the oldest building in modern Sofia and belongs to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

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"St. Petka the Elder" is an ancient Orthodox church in the center of the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

Wikipedia: Света Петка Стара (София) (BG)

The Church of St. Nicholas is an Eastern Orthodox Church in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia.

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Saint Nedelya Cathedral, is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, a cathedral of the Sofia bishopric of the Bulgarian Patriarchate. The temple of Sveta Nedelya dates back to the 10th century, being a cathedral of the city from the 18th century. The sacred building has suffered destruction through the ages and has been reconstructed many times. The present building of the temple is among the landmarks of Sofia. It was designed by the famous Bulgarian architectural team Vasilyov-Tsolov. The relics of the Serbian king Stefan Uroš II Milutin are kept in the church.

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The Church of St Petka of the Saddlers is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.

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The Cathedral of St Joseph is a Catholic cathedral in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is the co-cathedral of the Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv, together with the Cathedral of St Louis in Plovdiv.

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Holy Trinity, known as the Romanian Church, is a church of the Romanian Orthodox Church in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

Wikipedia: Света Троица (румънска църква в София) (BG)

The Sofia Synagogue is the largest synagogue in Southeastern Europe, one of two functioning in Bulgaria and the third-largest in Europe.

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The Regional Museum of History – Sofia is housed in the building of the former Central Mineral Bath in Sofia.

Wikipedia: Регионален исторически музей (София) (BG), Website

The Church of St Paraskeva is a Bulgarian Orthodox church in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The church, dedicated to Saint Paraskeva, is located on 58 Georgi Rakovski Street in the centre of the city. It is the third-largest church in Sofia.

Wikipedia: Church of St Paraskeva, Sofia (EN)