National Theater "Ivan Wasow"
The national theater "Iwan Wasow" ( Bulgarian Народен театър "Иван Вазов" / Naroden teatar Iwan Wasow) is a theater building in the Bulgarian capital Sofia . It is named after the writer Ivan Wasov .
location
The National Theater is located in the square between Djakon Ignatij (Bulgarian Дякон Игнатий), Ivan Vazov (Bulgarian Иван Вазов), Slavjanska (Bulgarian Славянска) and Georgi Benkowski (Bulgar. Геикги). The Sofia City Garden extends in front of the theater .
Names
The theater has given him different names throughout its history:
- 1906–1952, National Theater (bulg. Народен театър)
- 1952–1962, National Theater Krastjo Sarafow (bulg. Народен театър "Кръстю Сарафов")
- 1962–1977 and after 1982 national theater "Iwan Wasow"
building
The building was built near the former Tsar's palace in Sofia (today the National Art Gallery ) based on a design by the Viennese architects Hermann Helmer and Ferdinand Fellner the Younger . The building was completed in late 1906 and the first performance took place on January 3, 1907.
In 1923 the theater was badly damaged by fire during a performance. The following renovation with expansion was carried out by Kiril Tschoparow according to the plans of the German architect Martin Dülfer by 1929. During the bombing of Sofia in 1943/1944, the building was again badly damaged and repaired in 1945. The last major renovation took place in 1971–1975 when a special chamber music hall was built.
In 2007 the facades, the roof and the decorative elements were renovated and their gilding renewed.
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Coordinates: 42 ° 41 ′ 39 ″ N , 23 ° 19 ′ 35.6 ″ E