House of Culture “Probuda 1869”
Location: Maglizh, Bulgaria
Completed: 1973
Architects: Zhivka Kircheva (architect) and Hristo N. Tanev (panel artist)
Former name: House of Culture named after Dimitâr Blagoev
Genre: Modernist, Socialist architecture, former Eastern Bloc
The sgraffito above the entrance is entitled “September” after the 1923 September Uprising, a military rebellion in which the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) attempted, but failed, to oust Bulgaria’s existing government and seize control for themselves. The insurrection began in the village of Maglizh on 14th September 1923.
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