Sofia, Bulgaria
National Archaeological Museum, Bulgaria
The National Archaeological Museum is an archaeological museum in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It occupies the building of the largest and oldest former Ottoman mosque in the city, originally known as Koca Mahmut Paşa Camii. The construction started in 1451 under grand vizier Veli Mahmud Pasha but due to his death in 1474 the mosque was completed in 1494.
- City
- Sofia
- Country
- Bulgaria
- Category
- Museum
- Suggested visit
- About 120 minutes
More places in Sofia
- Boyana Church
- Georgi Dimitrov Mausoleum
- Saint Nedelya Cathedral, Sofia
- Ivan Vazov National Theatre
- Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia
- Serdica
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