Ancient Serdica Complex
Античен комплекс „Сердика“
An ancient Roman city site on open display beside a downtown metro station, with Roman streets, baths and early church remains right beneath your feet.
Sofia was known in antiquity as Serdica, and Emperor Constantine the Great is said to have declared it 'my Rome.' Excavations during metro construction at Serdika station uncovered Roman streets, baths, houses and early Christian church remains from the 4th to 6th centuries. They are now open as an outdoor and semi-subterranean site, viewable from above under a glass canopy. The site lies among the Largo complex, which includes the former Communist Party headquarters and two other Stalinist-era buildings. It is next to the Banya Bashi Mosque and the St. Petka Underground Church. Admission is free, and it is the best place to understand how Sofia has been built layer upon layer.
Opening hours
Open all day (free)
Nearby sights
- Banya Bashi Mosque
- Central Sofia Market Hall
- Central Mineral Baths (Sofia History Museum)
- Sofia Synagogue
- Church of St. George Rotunda
- St Nedelya Church
- National Archaeological Museum
- Zhenski Pazar (Women's Market)