City Garden (Sofia)

The alley network was reorganized, new plants were added, as well as a low wooden fence, a coffeehouse and a kiosk for musicians.

The construction of the now-demolished Georgi Dimitrov Mausoleum soon after the beginning of Communist rule of Bulgaria after the war was followed by multiple fundamental reorganizations, such as in 1951 and 1959 by Sugarev and R. Robev, 1976 and 1978 by A. Agura.

These led to the orientation of the garden not towards the former royal palace as previously, but towards the Ivan Vazov National Theatre.

The new composition was often in conflict with the initial planning and the City Garden lost territory and key architectural elements in the period.

It was also the place where a group of around 300 people gathered on 27 August 1895 to climb Cherni vrah in Vitosha led by the writer Aleko Konstantinov on what is regarded as the birth date of tourism in Bulgaria.