Sofia was Europe's most affordable capital to visit in 2013. Sofia has been named one of the top ten best places for start-up businesses in the world, especially in information technologies.

This triangle was recently expanded to a 'square' and includes the Catholic Cathedral of St Joseph. This is due to the fact that three temples of three major world religions- Christianity, Islam and Judaism-are situated within one square: Sveta Nedelya Church, Banya Bashi Mosque and Sofia Synagogue. The city has been described as the 'triangle of religious tolerance'. Being Bulgaria's primate city, Sofia is home of many of the major local universities, cultural institutions and commercial companies. It is surrounded by mountainsides, such as Vitosha by the southern side, Lyulin by the western side, and the Balkan Mountains by the north, which makes it the third highest European capital after Andorra la Vella and Madrid. Sofia is the 14th largest city in the European Union. Sofia was selected as the capital of the Third Bulgarian State in the next year, ushering a period of intense demographic and economic growth. From 1530 to 1826, Sofia was the regional capital of Rumelia Eyalet, the Ottoman Empire's key province in Europe. Sredets became a major administrative, economic, cultural and literary hub until its conquest by the Ottomans in 1382.

In 1018, the Byzantines ended Bulgarian rule until 1194, when it was reincorporated by the reborn Bulgarian Empire. In 809 Serdica was incorporated into the Bulgarian Empire by Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Avars and Slavs. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic tribe Serdi. Known as Serdica in Antiquity and Sredets in the Middle Ages, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. Sofia ( / Л€ s oКЉ f i Й™, Л€ s Й’ f-, s oКЉ Л€ f iЛђ Й™/ SOH-fee-Й™, SOF- Bulgarian: РЎРѕС„РёСЏ, romanized: Sofiya, IPA: ( listen)) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria.

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