Zone B-5

Zone B-5 is a suburb in Municipality of the Capital, Sofia-Capital. Zone B-5 is situated nearby to the suburb zh.k. Zone B-19, as well as near zh.k. Serdika.

Type: Suburb
Description: neighborhood in Sofia (Bulgaria)
Also known as: “zh.k. Zona B-5” and “Zona B-5”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mall of Sofia and Russian Monument.

Mall of Sofia

Shopping center

Photo: Apostoloff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mall of Sofia is a shopping centre in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It was opened on 9 June 2006 and is located at the intersection of Aleksandar Stamboliyski Boulevard and Opalchenska Street.

Russian Monument

Photo: Spiritia, Public domain.

The Russian Monument is a monument in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The first monument to be built in the capital of the newly liberated Principality of Bulgaria, it was unveiled on 29 June 1882 and is located on the road which Osman Nuri Paşa used to flee from Sofia to Pernik on 22 December 1877.

National Archaeological Institute with Museum

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sofia and Largo.

Sofia

Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria, with about 2 million citizens. It is a dynamic European capital, distinguished by its unique combination of European and communist-style architecture as well as many beautiful Orthodox churches, including the grand Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and the medieval frescos of Boyana Church.

Largo

Locality

Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Largo is an architectural ensemble of three Socialist Classicism buildings around Independence Square in central Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It was designed and built in the 1950s with the intention of becoming the city's new representative centre.