The Turk and his lost provinces : Greece, Bulgaria, Servia, Bosnia . THE PEOPLE OF BULGARIA 199 Each householder in the residence portion is expectedto lay the sidewalk in front of his premises, but manyof them neglect to do so. Several imposing buildings were erected for govern-ment purposes during the reign of Prince Alexander,usually of French architecture, and among other thingsa Protestant church (he was a Lutheran), which Ferdi-nand has converted into a riding-school. The militarybarracks, schoolhouses, the public printing office, atechnical school and other public buildings are credit-a
The Turk and his lost provinces : Greece, Bulgaria, Servia, Bosnia . THE PEOPLE OF BULGARIA 199 Each householder in the residence portion is expectedto lay the sidewalk in front of his premises, but manyof them neglect to do so. Several imposing buildings were erected for govern-ment purposes during the reign of Prince Alexander,usually of French architecture, and among other thingsa Protestant church (he was a Lutheran), which Ferdi-nand has converted into a riding-school. The militarybarracks, schoolhouses, the public printing office, atechnical school and other public buildings are credit-able, but lose much of their dignity by being scatteredover the city, with unsightly spaces of open groundand half-finished buildings that have been abandonedbetween them. Several former Turkish mosques havebeen converted to secular uses and are now occupiedas prisons, markets, warehouses and arsenals. Thelargest mosque, in the center of the city, and only astones throw from the palace, was recently fitted upfor a national museum. Although Sofia is still primitive
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