Национален исторически музей
Bulgaria's largest history museum, next to Boyana Church — over 650,000 exhibits, including the Thracian gold treasure and royal regalia. Op…
Национален археологически музей на Българската академия на науките
Housed in the Buyuk Mosque building (15th c.) — one of the oldest surviving buildings in Sofia. A rich collection of Thracian gold and ancie…
Национален военноисторически музей
Holds over a million items from Bulgarian and European military history — from antiquity to the present day, with an extensive outdoor displ…
Църквата Света София
An early Christian basilica from the 4th–6th century that gave the capital its name. An eternal flame burns by the church in memory of those…
Ротонда Свети Георги
The oldest surviving building in Sofia — a red-brick rotunda from the 4th century, originally Roman baths, later a church with unique fresco…
Храм-паметник св. Александър Невски
The patriarchal cathedral and one of Sofia's symbols — the largest Orthodox church in the Balkans, built in Neo-Byzantine style in memory of…
Православна катедрала Света Неделя
A medieval cathedral in the very centre of Sofia, also known for the tragic 1925 bombing — today the cathedral church of the Sofia Metropoli…
Православен храм Светите Седмочисленици
A church converted from an Ottoman mosque ('Kara Mehmed Pasha Mosque', also called the 'Black Mosque', 16th c.) — consecrated in 1903 as a c…
Храм Свети Николай Чудотворец
The iconic gold-domed 'Russian Church', built 1907–1914 for Sofia's Russian diplomatic community, designed by architect Mikhail Preobrazhens…
Православен храм Света Параскева
One of Sofia's largest churches (the third-biggest), designed by architect Anton Tornyov — construction ran from 1910 to 1930, with finishin…
