Transit station
Lion's Bridge Station
40 locals recommend,
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Sunny And Emil
August 11, 2016
Лъвов мост Located at булевард „кн. Мария Луиза“, Sofia, Sofia-city, 1202 Known for ml.gb.tag.Everything Else Food Scene The Famous Lion's Bridge You will find there KFC, dunkin donuts, Papaya...
Vladi
October 5, 2021
Lion's Bridge is a well-known sightseeing attraction. It offers multiple transport links going to the center of Sofia.
Team
February 28, 2018
The name of Lions' Bridge comes from the four bronze sculptures of lions, its most recognizable feature. All metal elements of the bridge were produced by the Austrian company of Rudolph Philipp Waagner, and electric lights were installed in the early 1900s. The entire construction of the bridge cost 260,000 golden lev. The Prošek family also designed and built the similar but eagle-themed Eagles' Bridge marking the city centre's eastern border in 1891. One of the bronze lions is depicted on the reverse of the Bulgarian 20 lev banknote, issued in 1999 and 2007.[2] Since 2012 the area around Lions' Bridge is served by the Lavov most station of Sofia Metro line 2.[3]
The name of Lions' Bridge comes from the four bronze sculptures of lions, its most recognizable feature. All metal elements of the bridge were produced by the Austrian company of Rudolph Philipp Waagner, and electric lights were installed in the early 1900s. The entire construction of the bridge cos…
Pavlina
June 7, 2015
Metro station close to the flat
Denislav
September 24, 2020
Lion’s bridge is one of the landmarks of the Bulgarian capital city. It is located on the crossing of Maria Louisa Boulevard and Slivnitsa Boulevard and serves as a bridge on Vladayska River. Since 2012 there is subway station located below Lion’s bridge square. In the times before the Liberation Lion’s bridge was used by the Turkish law enforcers to execute the uprising Bulgarian scholars and revolutionaries, which were criminals in the eyes of the sultan. Thus after the Liberation the idea came that the people should honor the wrongfully executed by replacing the previous Turkish one with a memorial bridge with the bronze statues of four lions. Why lions? The lion is a symbol of the tenacity of Bulgarian revolutionaries. In 1891 the bridge was complete, however the project didn’t go through all the way and the square wasn’t established as planned. In 2014 a full scale reconstruction was done attempting to bring out the original idea and the Lion’s bridge square is now a fully-fledged pedestrian zone which is decorated in an early 20th century manner. The area around Lion’s bridge retains part of the atmosphere of the early days of liberated Sofia. Most of the buildings around it are the original ones. Even the outdoors market place, which was established in 1878, is still there being very busy. The area around the bridge is surrounded by Turkish bakeries and kebab places. Not all heritages from the Ottoman rule are gruesome!
Lion’s bridge is one of the landmarks of the Bulgarian capital city. It is located on the crossing of Maria Louisa Boulevard and Slivnitsa Boulevard and serves as a bridge on Vladayska River. Since 2012 there is subway station located below Lion’s bridge square. In the times before the Liberation L…
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Sofia, Sofia City Province
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