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ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

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2024
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Museum presenting the richest collection of archaeological objects from the Balkan peninsula.

The Museum of Archaeology was inaugurated in 1879 in a former 15th-century Ottoman mosque, a magnificent building that once housed a library. It boasts the richest collection of archaeological artefacts on the Balkan peninsula. Paleolithic remains are on display, including tools, weapons including a flint spear, everyday objects including ceramics, and animal bones bearing witness to the presence of cave bears and saber-toothed lions. Don't miss the oldest stone drawing in Europe, dated 50,000 years ago, or the oldest engraved bone fragment, over a million years old. The treasure room, on the top floor, houses Thracian deposits of worldwide importance - the thirteen-piece gold treasure of Valtchitran (Pleven), the silver harness of Loukovit (Lovetch), the gold jewels and silver objects of Nikolaevo (Pleven). There is also a numismatic collection totalling over 150,000 Thracian, Greek and Roman coins. The museum also houses a room dedicated to the Middle Ages, focusing on the Bulgarian kingdoms. A copy of Madara's Horseman is on display. This is the only copy in the museum, all other objects being originals. You can also see a collection of jewelry that belonged to members of the Bulgarian nobility, ceramics of daily life and weapons. The Sofia Museum of Archaeology also has a scientific research section.

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cheguemanu
Visited in july 2021
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Esthétiquement parlant, il s'agit probablement d'un des plus beaux musées de Sofia; tant par le monument qui l'abrite, tant par les collections qui y sont entreposées! Les passionnés d'Histoire seront ravis!
soizic1984
Visited in august 2016
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Très étonnée par ce très beau musée ! J'avoue, je ne suis pas fan d'archéologie, j'y suis allée parce qu'il est installé dans une ancienne mosquée. Et j'étais très surprise, une scénographie splendide, de l'étage, on peut admirer certaines mosaïques du rez-de-chaussée. Beaucoup de très belles pièces en particulier les objets Thraces !
BNovo
Visited in october 2016
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Ce musée est installé dans une ancienne Mosquée située en plain centre de Sofia . La salle Antiquité contient de tres beaux objets de l'ancienne ; Dans la salle du trésor impressionnante collection numismatique.

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