Festival and Congress Centre

Location: Varna, Bulgaria

Completed: 1986

Architect: Kossyo Hristov

Genre: Modernist, Socialist architecture, former Eastern Bloc

Formerly called the Lyudmila Zhivkova People’s Palace of Culture and affiliated with the National Palace of Culture in Sofia. 

Festival and Congress Centre in Varna, Bulgaria | Modernist | Socialist architecture | former Eastern Bloc

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