Practical info
Type of location: Jewish Community / Center
Shalom – Jewish Community of Sofia
Al. Stamboliisky 50, Sofia
+359 2 4006 301
Historical description
Sofia
Jews reached Sofia during the first centuries C.E., the era of Roman domination. Ashkenazic Jews emigrating from Hungary and Bavaria were joined in the fifteenth century by Sephardic Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisition. Until 1890, they lived in a sort of ghetto, ... Read more