People and the City

Georgi Georgiev, VisitBulgaria.Net

French shanson and old city popular tunes sounded in the emblematic garden in front of the National theatre “Ivan Vazov” on 26. 10. 2007. Music was accompanied with the murmur of the fountain and the human din. The site, where during the day aristocratic old people play chess and teenagers look forward for their love dates, became a centre of a lovely exhibition named “People and the city”.

The beginning of the event coincided with the day of the builders and the Christian holiday dedicated to Saint Dimitar. The exhibition embraces facilities representing nine really existing buildings in Sofia. There are lighted up white canvases, in the middle of each one of them. And every one has the chance to draw his own impressions on the facade of the building he choose. The exhibition also traces back the development of Sofia from the oldest preserved building in the capital, which dates back from the 4th, century till present day modern constructions.

Many people turned the square into an original dancing under the lights of the projectors and the sounds of the street orchestra. At the same time other visitors devoted themselves to their creativity. Some of them showed real painting skills, while others demonstrated the power of their strongly developed imagination. But every one without exception had a very good time. Tomorrow is the last day when the citizens and the guests of the capital have their chance to visit the exhibition and to leave their mark on the “city”.