Transition – Imagery
Exploring Vintage Varna Then and Now
Here we are looking at the Then and Now views of some
of our most famous sites and buildings of historic Varna
The magnificent edifice of the old High school for boys, named after Bulgarian monarch Ferdinand Ist.
The current clock tower constructed in stone in 1888 follwoing a dreadful fire that engudlfed the city during the Crimean campaign.
Palace of Culture and Sports is an indoor complex for culture and sporting activities
The legendary architect Dabko Dabkov’s old large hotel designed the “Musala” hotel at the turn of the 20th Century
The Drama Theatre’s aesthetically pleasing structure was constructed in the early decades of the 20th century.
Erected in 1899 and restored in 2016 a fine example of design by Todor Boyadzhiev.
The architect was none other than Dabko Dabkov, and this was one of his most magnificent façade.
The building was constructed in the early 20th century by the heirs of the renowned Bulgarian national revolutionary,
public personality, and politician Ivan Drasov (1848-1901).
Originally designed for the Varna Chamber of Commerce in 1929 by Dabko Dabkov and Stephan Venedict Popov.
The establishment of the “Prince Boris” cotton spinning mill in 1898 marked the initiation of the textile industry in the Varna district.
On Varna’s major commercial street, “Prince Boris I” boul., is a lovely ancient mansion tha on“Sevastopol square” by everyone in Varna.
The Varna Municipality building is a typical example of communist period ‘brutal, modernist’ architecture, built in 1981.
Euxinograde Palace is the former summer royal residence of the Bulgarian monarchs.
