{"id":206,"date":"2007-12-04T20:53:18","date_gmt":"2007-12-04T10:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=206"},"modified":"2007-12-04T20:53:18","modified_gmt":"2007-12-04T10:53:18","slug":"central-military-club-sofia-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/bulgaria\/things-to-see-in-sofia\/central-military-club-sofia-bulgaria","title":{"rendered":"Central Military Club &#8211; Sofia, Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = 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part of the city&#8217;s beautification project, the facade of this attractive,\u00a0Renaissance-style building was refurbished a few years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/37271-2\/AJP_2924.jpg?resize=90%2C110\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Central Military Club\" height=\"110\" style=\"width: 90px; height: 110px\" title=\"Central Military Club\" \/>Today, the Club is a popular venue once again.\u00a0 The building is three storey high\u00a0and the facilities inside include a coffeehouse, an art gallery, a number of halls of varying\u00a0size, as well as a concert hall\u00a0that seats\u00a0450 people.\u00a0 We we very fortunate to have\u00a0a very real <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Bulgaria\/Sofia\/StSophiaDay\/AJP_2924.jpg.html\" title=\"Central Military Club, Sofia\">Colonel Sergei Kanthev\u00a0<\/a>pose with us in front of the Club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/37277-2\/DSC_0767.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Having coffee with the General, Sofia\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Having coffee with the General, Sofia\" \/>Rakovski Street is also known as theatre street and Sofia has a high number of theatres given its small population.\u00a0 We were on our way to have coffee with Sergei at his favorite and very posh cafe and didn&#8217;t have time to explore theatre street.\u00a0 Sergei mentioned that\u00a0in nearby Slavianska Street,\u00a0is the Ivan Vazov National Theatre, which is supposed to be the most beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opposite from the Russian Church, on the other side of Rakovski Street is the Central 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