EU: Sofia - Park (1901) through time

Sofia 1901–1910 7 photos of this spot

7 photographs taken at the same spot in Sofia, spanning 1901–1910 — 7 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

The ruins of the Church of St. Sofia in Sofia, Bulgaria, photographed in 1901. The ancient church, parts of which date to the sixth century, gave the Bulgarian capital the name it has officially carried since 1879.

EU: Sofia - Ruins of the Church of St. Sofia (1901) 1901 The ruins of the Church of St. Sofia in Sofia, Bulgaria, photographed in 1901. The ancient church, parts of which date to the sixth century, gave the Bulgarian capital the name it has officially carried since 1879.

EU: Sofia - Monument to Tsar Alexander II (1901) 1901 The monument to Tsar Alexander II in Sofia, Bulgaria, photographed in 1901. The Russian emperor is remembered in Bulgaria as the 'Tsar Liberator' for his role in the 1877-78 war that ended nearly five centuries of Ottoman rule.

EU: Sofia - Park (1901) 1901 A public park in Sofia, Bulgaria, photographed in 1901, not long after the city was named capital of the newly autonomous Bulgarian principality following the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish War; Sofia was chosen in 1879 partly for its central location within the Balkan Peninsula.

EU: Sofia - Alexander Nevsky Memorial Temple (1901) 1901 The Alexander Nevsky Memorial in Sofia, Bulgaria, photographed in 1901. The memorial was dedicated to the Russian and Bulgarian soldiers who died in the 1877-78 war that freed Bulgaria from Ottoman rule, a conflict named for the Russian tsar's patron saint.

EU: Sofia - Synagogue (1910) 1910 Sofia's Synagogue, completed in 1909 as one of the largest in Southeast Europe, appears in this 1910 photograph taken shortly after its construction. Built to serve the city's Sephardic Jewish community, it remains a landmark of the Bulgarian capital's historic center.

EU: Sofia - Mausoleum of Princess Battenberg (1910) 1910 This 1910 photograph shows a mausoleum built in Sofia for a member of the Battenberg family, connected to Bulgaria's ruling house in the late nineteenth century. Such memorial structures were common additions to the capital as Bulgaria established its modern institutions after independence.

EU: Sofia - St. Petka church (1910) 1910 The small St. Petka church in central Sofia appears in this 1910 photograph. Set below the level of the surrounding streets, it is one of the Bulgarian capital's oldest surviving places of worship, dating from the medieval period of Bulgarian history.