Roman Wall (Sofia)

The Roman Wall (Bulgarian: Римска стена, Rimska stena)[1] is the popular but incorrect name for an early Ottoman-era architectural monument in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.

Part of a 16th or 17th-century Islamic religious building, it now stands in the middle of a small marketplace in the Lozenets neighbourhood.

It exhibits a characteristic Ottoman construction method of surrounding the large cut stones with sets of bricks.

[1] In the late 19th century, after the reestablishment of the Principality of Bulgaria in 1878, the Old Wall remained as a lone marker in the abandoned Turkish graveyard.

[1] Today, the wall is located in the neighbourhood of Lozenets, on the Stara Stena Street near Hristo Smirnenski Boulevard.