Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Neo-Baroque university rectorate funded by two merchant brothers, built in stages over decades.
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This guide to the main building of Sofia University in Sofia follows a single fortune, left by the merchant brothers Evlogi and Hristo Georgiev, and the stone, bronze and stained glass it was meant to become. It moves through an international design competition, the Balkan and First World Wars, and the architects who inherited the plans one after another. Stand facing the central block, where you can take in both wings at once.
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