Point of interest
Царски дворец
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Denislav
September 24, 2020
To the north side of the Alexander Battenberg Square is an elegant building known as the Tzar’s Palace – former Royal Palace. It is nowadays home to the National Art Gallery and the Ethnographic Museum. The Tzar's Palace - former Royal Palace The Tsar’s Palace was built in 1873, and during the Ottoman occupation, it became the residence of the ruling governor, with administrative offices and police headquarters on the lower floors. It was here that Vassil Levski, the great Bulgarian revolutionary, was tried and sentenced to death. Vassil Levski was leader of the national revolutionary movement against the Ottoman rule and a national hero of Bulgaria. After the liberation, the Tsar’s Palace was the first building to be refurbished in contemporary Viennese style and it became the seat of Bulgaria’s first post-liberation monarch, Kniaz Alexander Battenberg.
To the north side of the Alexander Battenberg Square is an elegant building known as the Tzar’s Palace – former Royal Palace. It is nowadays home to the National Art Gallery and the Ethnographic Museum. The Tzar's Palace - former Royal Palace The Tsar’s Palace was built in 1873, and during the Ot…
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9 ul. "Moskovska"
Sofia, Sofia City Province
Sofia Center