The proposal was made by Prof. Marin Drinov, who points out the advantage of Sofia over Veliko Tarnovo in political, geographical and military terms, as an important crossroads in the road network of Bulgaria and the lands outside of it.
On April 3, 1879, Sofia was declared the capital of Bulgaria.
After the Liberation of Bulgaria, Sofia was declared the capital on March 22, 1879 (according to the new style on April 3, 1879) after a unanimous vote in the Constituent Assembly convened in Tarnovo (February 10, 1879 – April 16, 1879). The proposal was made by Prof. Marin Drinov, who points out the advantage of Sofia over Veliko Tarnovo in political, geographical and military terms, as an important crossroads in the road network of Bulgaria and the lands outside of it.
Sofia became the capital of a united Bulgaria after the Unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia. On March 29, 1900, the Sofia City Municipal Administration accepted the project of the artist Haralampi Tachev for the coat of arms of Sofia. It was created on the occasion of Bulgaria's participation in the World Exhibition in Paris. In 1900, on April 24, with decree 115 of Prince Ferdinand, the coat of arms was approved, and in 1911, the motto of the capital "Grows but does not grow old" was added.
