Vrana Palace

Vrana Palace is a royal palace, located in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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Sofia - Bulgaria

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The land was bought by Tsar Ferdinand I in 1898 and it is located outside Sofia.

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Tsar - Ferdinand I - Sofia

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There is a park and two buildings. The first building was built in 1904 as a hunting lodge. The second building was built in 1912 as a palace.

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In 1918 Vrana passed from Tsar Ferdinand I to Boris III. In 1943 the palace was passed from Boris III to Simeon II. After the abolition of the monarchy, Vrana was taken by the communists and it became residence of Georgi Dimitrov in 1946.

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1918 - Boris III - 1943 - Simeon II - Georgi Dimitrov - 1946

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After the fall of the communist regime, Vrana was returned to the last Tsar Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha by the Bulgarian Constitutional Court in 1998. In a generous move, Simeon donated the park to the city of Sofia on October 5 1999 and so opened it to the public. He moved in with his wife Margarita into the renovated palace in 2001.

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Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha - Bulgaria - Constitutional Court - 1998 - October 5 - 1999 - Margarita - 2001

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