Familia Prošek şi contribuţia ei la modernizarea capitalei Bulgariei
The Prošek family and their contribution to the modernisation of the Bulgarian capital

Summary/Abstract: The five members of the Prošek family − the brothers Jiří (Gheorghi), Bogdan and Jozef, and their cousins Jiří, Teodor şi Václav, architects and engineers, had a major contribution to the modern aspect of the Bulgarian Capital City. They came to Bulgaria before and immediately its liberation from the Turkish yoke and put their services and knowledge to the service of the young state, in an attempt to help it turn into a modern European civilisation. The first of them to come, Jiří, had also a major contribution to the War, when the delayed the Turkish army and helped the Russians and Bulgarians to win a battle. The Prošek contributed to the building of emblematic monument of Sofia, such as Orlov Most and Lăvov Most, as well as the Monument to Levski. They also started the modern Bulgarian beer industry and Jiří, in his capacity of chief architect endorsed the main urban planning design of Sofia.

• Details
• Contents