Transition – Imagery
Exploring Vintage Varna Then and Now
Here we are looking at the Then and Now views of some
of our most famous sites and buildings of historic Varna
![Boys School](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Boys-school_webp_001-scaled.webp)
![Varna Art Gallery](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Art-Musuem-Varna.webp)
The magnificent edifice of the old High school for boys, named after Bulgarian monarch Ferdinand Ist.
![Clock Tower](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Clock-Tower-A-1.webp)
![Clock Tower](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Clock-Tower-B1.webp)
The current clock tower constructed in stone in 1888 follwoing a dreadful fire that engudlfed the city during the Crimean campaign.
![Culture and Sports Palace Varna A](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Culture-and-Sports-Palace-Varna-A.webp)
![Culture and Sports Palace](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Culture-and-Sports-Palace-Varna-B2.webp)
Euxinograde Palace is the former summer royal residence of the Bulgarian monarchs.
![Musala](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Musala-A.webp)
![Musala B](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Musala-B.webp)
The legendary architect Dabko Dabkov’s old large hotel designed the “Musala” hotel at the turn of the 20th Century
![Theatre](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Theatre-A.webp)
![Theatre](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Theatre-B.webp)
The Drama Theatre’s aesthetically pleasing structure was constructed in the early decades of the 20th century.
![Military Club](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Military-Club-A.webp)
![Military Club](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Military-Club-B.webp)
Erected in 1899 and restored in 2016 a fine example of design by Todor Boyadzhiev.
![Royal Hotel](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Royal-Hotel-A.webp)
![Royal Hotel](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Royal-Hotel-B.webp)
The architect was none other than Dabko Dabkov, and this was one of his most magnificent façade.
![Five Corners](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Five-corners-A.webp)
![Five Corners](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Five-Corners-B.webp)
The building was constructed in the early 20th century by the heirs of the renowned Bulgarian national revolutionary,
public personality, and politician Ivan Drasov (1848-1901).
![Headquarters of the Bulgarian Navy](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Headquarters-of-the-Bulgarian-Navy-A.webp)
![Headquarters of the Bulgarian Navy B](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Headquarters-of-the-Bulgarian-Navy-B.webp)
Originally designed for the Varna Chamber of Commerce in 1929 by Dabko Dabkov and Stephan Venedict Popov.
![Prince Boris Clothing Factory](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Prince-Boris-Clothing-Factory-A.webp)
![Prince Boris Clothing Factory l B](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Prince-Boris-Clothing-Factory-l-B.webp)
The establishment of the “Prince Boris” cotton spinning mill in 1898 marked the initiation of the textile industry in the Varna district.
![Danail Manov Hotel](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Danail-Manov-Hotel-A.webp)
![Danail Manov Hotel](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Danail-Manov-Hotel-B.webp)
On Varna’s major commercial street, “Prince Boris I” boul., is a lovely ancient mansion tha on“Sevastopol square” by everyone in Varna.
![Municipality Building](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Munic-Build-A1.webp)
![Municipality Building](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Munic-Build-B.webp)
The Varna Municipality building is a typical example of communist period ‘brutal, modernist’ architecture, built in 1981.
![Royal Palace Euxinograd](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Royal-Palace-Euxinograd-A.webp)
![Royal Palace Euxinograd B](https://www.varnaeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Royal-Palace-Euxinograd-B.webp)
Euxinograde Palace is the former summer royal residence of the Bulgarian monarchs.