IMG_7744 - The "Largo" includes these three buildings in the Socialist Classicism style, built in 1950 to be the government centre.
IMG_7745 - Central in the Largo is the former Bulgarian Communist Party headquarters. On the left is Council of Ministers Building.
IMG_7748 - This statue of St Sofia replaced a statue of Lenin. She has the crown (power), wreath (fame), and owl (wisdom).
IMG_7751 - The medieval Bulgarian Orthodox Church of St Petka of the Saddlers (Sveta Petka), in front of the Largo
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IMG_7754 - Looking north along the excavation of Roman Serdica, from the 1st to 4th century A.D. It extends inside on the left.
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IMG_7757 - The Banya Bashi (many baths) Mosque was built in 1576 during the Ottoman expansion.
IMG_7763 - McDonald's. In 1978 my father cheered when he found one in Hong Kong. Now they are in much of the world.