Largo, Sofia

Independence Square

Largo
View of the Largo from the west
Native name	площад „Независимост“ (Bulgarian)
Type	Public square
Length	200 m (660 ft)
Width	50 m
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
Coordinates	42°41′52″N 23°19′23″E / 42.69778°N 23.32306°E / 42.69778; 23.32306
Construction
Completion	1955

The Largo (Bulgarian: Ларго, definite form Ларгото, Largoto) is an architectural ensemble of three Socialist Classicism edifices in central Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, designed and built in the 1950s with the intention of becoming the city's new representative centre. Today it is regarded as one of the prime examples of Socialist Classicism architecture in Southeastern Europe,^[1] as well as one of the main landmarks of Sofia.

The yellow-cobblestoned square around which the ensemble is centred is called Nezavisimost (Independence) Square. Independence Square is formed by the Knyaz Aleksandar Dondukov Boulevard and Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard merging from the east to continue as Todor Aleksandrov Boulevard west of the Largo.

The ensemble consists of the former Party House (Bulgarian Communist Party headquarters building), briefly used in 2020-2021 as the seat of the National Assembly of Bulgaria,^[2] and two side edifices: one today accommodating the TSUM department store and the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria and another that is today occupied by the President's Office, the Sofia Hotel Balkan and the Ministry of Education.