Sofia City Art Gallery

Sofia


The chunky building at the southern end of the City Garden park is an art gallery staging rotating exhibitions of mostly contemporary Bulgarian and international art over two floors. Enter from ul Knyaz Al Batenberg.

Transportation

  • metro: Serdika

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