“OUR CAPITAL’S IMPROVEMENT”: THE ROLE OF PRINCE ALEXANDER I IN BUILDING SOFIA AS A CAPITAL CITY OF BULGARIA
“OUR CAPITAL’S IMPROVEMENT”: THE ROLE OF PRINCE ALEXANDER I IN BUILDING SOFIA AS A CAPITAL CITY OF BULGARIA

Summary/Abstract: The text examines the contributions of Bulgaria’s first monarch in the modern epoch, Prince Alexander I, for modernisation of the new capital city of Sofia. Prince Alexander I’s direct involvement in various urban modernisation project is traced through several accounts from the epoch. The article argues that building the new capital city had wider implications for Bulgarian modernisation in the late 19th-century while the generally neglected role of Prince Alexander I in urban change should be considered together with other more well-known and researched actors.

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