Monument to the Tsar Liberator
Equestrian statue of a Russian emperor above marching armies and battle reliefs, unveiled in 1907.
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This guide to the Monument to the Tsar Liberator in Sofia stands you in the square on its unveiling day in August nineteen oh seven, with a new song in the air and a crowd whose size is still argued over. It follows the Russian emperor on horseback, the war of eighteen seventy-seven that freed Bulgaria, and the Florentine sculptor who won an international competition to build it. Stand facing the rider, with Parliament at your back, and save time to walk round the lower reliefs.
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