Old Parliament House, Sofia

Coordinates: 42°41′40″N 23°19′58″E / 42.6944°N 23.3328°E / 42.6944; 23.3328
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The National Assembly Building is used by the Bulgarian parliament for parliamentary debates. The main building has been proclaimed a monument of culture for its historic significance. Situated in downtown

Parliament of Serbia building. It was constructed between 1884 and 1886 by Friederich Wilhelm Gustav Liebe, a young builder from Saxony who was 22 years old when construction began.[1] The building was originally painted in an off-white hue, but since the latter part of the 20th century has been white.[2]

The building is depicted on the reverse of the Bulgarian 20 leva banknote, issued in 1999 and 2007.[3]

The Parliament House after the Allied bombing on January 10, 1944

Due to insufficient space in the main building at Parliament Square, some administrative offices of the National Assembly are now housed in

the Largo
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There has been a proposal that the entire National Assembly be permanently moved to the former Bulgarian Communist Party headquarters building, with its inner courtyard being converted into an interior space for the plenary chamber, which happened in 2020.[4] In September 2020, parliament moved to the former BCP Party House.[5]

After the

ISMV) viewed the Party House building as a symbol of Bulgaria's communist past.[6]

In August 2023, the National Assembly announced that they will move again to the former Party house building for a period of 2–3 years by September, due to main repair of the national assembly building. The former Party House was modernized before the start of September.

References

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  2. ^ Parliament, turn of the 19/20th century, stara-sofia.com, retrieved Oct 2013.
  3. ^ Bulgarian National Bank. Notes and Coins in Circulation: 20 leva (1999 issue) & 20 leva (2007 issue). – Retrieved on 26 March 2009.
  4. ^ Competition for new Plenary Hall Archived 2014-12-17 at the Wayback Machine, NI Consult, 2009. Retrieved Oct 2013.
  5. ^ "National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria - News". www.parliament.bg. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  6. ^ "Парламентът се връща в старата си сграда. Поне за първото заседание". Клуб Z. April 13, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2021.

42°41′40″N 23°19′58″E / 42.6944°N 23.3328°E / 42.6944; 23.3328

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