A gold and black statue on a 50 foot pedestal in the centre of the city that looks a bit like a sex robot from a 60’s film. She has an impressive décolletage, visible nipples and, surprisingly for a Christian saint, is depicted with three pagan symbols: a crown, a wreath and an owl. She replaced a statue of Lenin in 2000 and represents where the city got its name – except she doesn’t, Sofia was named after a church. Apparently, her face does look a lot like the face of the wife of the mayor who commissioned the project though.
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