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At the eastern end of the Largo, on the corner of ul. Lege, stands an ivy-clad nine-domed building, formerly the Buyuk Djami or "Big Mosque", dating from 1494, and now housing the National Archeological Museum (Tues-Sun 10am-6pm; US$1.50). Bulgaria's most valuable treasures are concentrated in the National History Museum, but the attractively arranged Thracian and Roman finds on display here deserve a brief visit. Numerous individual items stand out, such as an eighth-century BC bronze figurine of a stag found at Sevlievo near Pleven, and there are plentiful Greek and Roman finds from around the country. Most famous of these is the Stela of Anaxander , a sixth-century BC gravestone from the ancient Greek colony of Apollonia (now Sozopol) on the Black Sea coast. Upstairs, past a copy of the enigmatic Madara Horseman, there's an extensive collection of frescos plucked from crumbling church walls throughout Bulgaria. On the opposite side of ul. Lege from the museum stand the offices of Bulgaria's president, guarded day and night by soldiers clad in comic-opera nineteenth-century uniforms. Sightseers sometimes pause to observe the changing of the guard , which takes place on the hour.
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