City Garden

The City Garden is the first park in the city, created back in Turkish times. After the Liberation, it was named the Alexandrovska Garden - after the Russian Tsar Alexander II, wko initiated the Russo-Turkish War which led to the liberation of Bulgaria. The Garden in front of the National Theater is famous with many discoveries, one of them is the electrification of Sofia, the first electric light bulb was lit here, in 1879. That year, the park was officially illuminated for the ceremonial arrival of Prince Battenberg. Another important event is the birth of the tourist movement in Bulgaria - the first mass ascent of Cherni Vrh began here, organized by the writer Aleko Konstantinov. - August 27, 1895