Central Market Hall of Sofia
Neo-Renaissance covered market from 1911 with a three-faced clock tower and Roman ruins below.
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This guide to the Central Market Hall in Sofia follows the money through a building that opened in nineteen eleven with the city itself as landlord, renting out stalls under strict rules. It moves through decades of closure and rebuilding, an Israeli investor's stake, and a sale that went ahead despite protests. Stand by the main entrance, beneath the city's coat of arms, to start.
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