The Central Market Hall in Sofia Visualizing Family, Gender Relations, and the Body. The Balkans approx. 1860-1950 Anelia Kassabova editor Centre for Southeast European History, University Graz Centre for Information Modelling in the Humanities, University Graz o:vase.711 Издателска къща "Минало" Publishing house "Minalo" K-14 Clothing Building and Construction Structures Settelments Energy and Power Domestic Trade Exchange Animal Transportation Land Transport Vehicles Land Transport International Relations State Religious Beliefs Religious Practices Bulgaria Sofia Sofia 23.32415,42.69751 Postcard Photographer 1911 after Dimitar Anastasov Karastoyanov Karastoyanov, Dimitar Anastasov Panorama photograph of a large one-storey building with the dome of a Synagogue visible behind it. There are people in rural and urban clothes in the streets outside the building. Many trucks are parked along the right side of the building. Title in Bulgarian and French. The construction of the Central Market Hall, which spreads across an area of 3,200 m², started in 1909, based on the plans of architect Naum Torbov (selected in 1907). It was completed in 1911. The Sofia Synagogue was built for the Bulgarian capital's mainly Sephardic Jewish community. The planning architect was Austrian-born Friedrich Grünanger. The Synagoge resembles the old Moorish Leopoldstädter Temple in Vienna and was officially opened on 9 September 1909. Recto on the postcard: stamp with the name of the photographer. In the lower right corner: "Neubert" - probably the publisher. Not specified Not specified 169 225 156 212 Bulgaria Sofia Neubert