Monument “Dobrotitsa”

Location: Dobrich, Bulgaria

Completed: 1971

Designers: Sekul Krumov (sculptor), I. Nikolov and Z. Yosifov (architects)

Genre: Socialist monument, former Eastern Bloc

Dobrotitsa was a Bulgarian noble and ruler of the Principality of Karvuna, a de facto state that split away from medieval Bulgaria in the 14th-century. The city is named after him. More information about Bulgaria’s communist-era monuments and memorials.

Monument "Dobrotitsa" in Dobrich, Bulgaria | Socialist monument | former Eastern Bloc

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