Graf Ignatiev Street
Graf Ignatiev Street (Bulgarian: улица „Граф Игнатиев“), colloquially called Grafa (meaning The Count) is a popular central street in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
| ул. „Граф Игнатиев“ (Bulgarian) | |
Location within Sofia City center | |
| Type | pedestrian street |
|---|---|
| Length | 1.55 kilometres (0.96 mi) |
| Location | Sofia |
| Coordinates | 42°41′30″N 23°19′29″E / 42.69167°N 23.32472°E |
| West end | Alabin Street |
| Major junctions | Vasil Levski Boulevard, Georgi Rakovski Street |
| East end | Evlogi Georgiev Boulevard |
It was named after the Russian statesman and diplomat Count Nicholas Pavlovich Ignatiev. The street lies in the city centre between Evlogi Georgiev Boulevard, after which it is called Dragan Tsankov Boulevard, to the east and Alabin Street near the Vitosha Boulevard to the west. It is crossed by major roads such as Vasil Levski Boulevard and Georgi Rakovski Street. Several of the landmarks of Sofia are located along the street such as the Patriarch Evtimiy Square, Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church, Slaveykov Square and Garibaldi Square. Several tram lines are running along the street. On 26 April 2007 the Council of the Capital Municipality took the decision to make Graf Ignatiev a pedestrian street.[1]
The street underwent an overhaul in 2018–2019.[2]