Sofia Landmarks Sightseeing Sofia St Joseph Roman Catholic Cathedral Sofia museums, p.2

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The Archaeological Museum (1892) is the oldest museum in Bulgaria. It contains over 55,000 monuments and a staggering 1.3 million coins in its collection of archaeological finds from all Bulgaria, in four sections: Prehistory, Antiquity, Middle Ages, Coins.

The National Museum of History (1973) contains more than 650,000 exhibits and is one of the largest history museums on the Balkans.

The National Ethnographic Museum (1892) contains a collection of 10,000 exhibits showing the lifestyle and occupations of the Bulgarians in the 19th century.

The foundation stone of the new Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Joseph (2006) was laid personally by Pope John Paul II during his visit to Bulgaria in 2002.
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Sofia, the National History Museum (1973)

Sofia, the National Ethnographic Museum (1892)

Sofia, the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Joseph (2006)