National Gallery "Square 500"

“Square 500” (KVADRAT 500), Bulgaria’s new national gallery was officially opened on 28th of May. The gallery complex is located near the monument to Vassil Levski in the capital city Sofia and behind “St. Alexander Nevsky”cathedral.

The building was designed by Viennese architect Friedrich Schwangberg and was built between 1883 and 1886. Today it has a collection of over 42,000 art works from the National Art Gallery and the National Gallery for Foreign Art. The exhibition presents about 2,000 art works, half of which are by Bulgarian artists and the other come from Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.

 

Transport accessibility: Public Transport, road, at the centre of Sofia

Tourist infrastructure: hotels, restaurants, shops, Tourist Information Centre

Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and The "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" National Library Lions' Bridge (Lavov Most) and Eagles' Bridge (Orlov Most)