Naum Torbov (18 November 1880 – 2 June 1952; ) was a

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

Biography

Naum Torbov was an ethnic Aromanian.Entangled Histories of the Balkans - Volume Four: Concepts, Approaches, and (Self-)Representations
p. 551. He was born on 18 November 1880 in

Gopeš Gopeš (, ) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Capari. History Gopeš is an old Aromanian settlement in the region and its establishment dates possibly prior to the Ott ...

() village in the Ottoman Macedonia. His family emigrated to the

Principality of Bulgaria The Principality of Bulgaria () was a vassal state under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire. It was established by the Treaty of Berlin in 1878. After the Russo-Turkish War ended with a Russian victory, the Treaty of San Stefano was signed ...

and settled in the town of

Oryahovo Oryahovo ( ) is a port city in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vratsa Province. It is located in a hilly area on the right bank of the Danube, just east of the mouth of the river Ogosta, a few more kilometres downstream from where the Jiu flows i ...

. Naum enrolled in architecture at the National University of Arts in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

, and he graduated in 1904. After the studies he came back to Bulgaria and started working at the Ministry of Public Buildings and Roads. In 1906 Torbov was appointed to the post of head of the department of architecture by the Sofia municipality. In 1908 he started his private practice. Naum Torbov was a follower of the national romantic stream in architecture. More than a hundred public, residential and industrial buildings are constructed by his projects in the towns of

Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

Silistra Silistra ( ; ; or ) is a town in Northeastern Bulgaria. The town lies on the southern bank of the lower Danube river, and is also the part of the Romanian border where it stops following the Danube. Silistra is the administrative center of the ...

Botevgrad Botevgrad ( ) is a town in western Bulgaria. It is located in Sofia Province and is close to Pravets. Botevgrad lies 47 km from Sofia. History and name The village was called Samundzhievo (Самунджиево) until it was elevated to ...

Mezdra Mezdra ( ) is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vratsa Province. It is located on the left bank of the Iskar River, just north of its gorge through the Balkan Mountains. History Although the area around it has been inhabited continuously s ...

Works

Amidst the most famous buildings by him are: *Hotel Continental *Hotel Paris *Hentovi house - Knyaz Boris I str. 135, Sofia (1906) *Stanishevi house - Miladinovi brothers str. 27, Sofia (1909) *Masonry edifice - Hristo Botev blvd 71 (1910) * Sofia Central Market Hall - Knyaginya Marie Louise blvd, Sofia (1911) *Dimitar Kostov's edifice - Alabin str. 36, Sofia (1914) *Romanian institute - Exarch Joseph str., Sofia (1933)

References

Sources

Sofia Culture - a Sofia Municipality SiteBulgarian Romantic Secession

Sofia City Municipality Official Site

External links

Naum Torbov article
{{DEFAULTSORT:Torbov, Naum Bulgarian architects 1880 births 1952 deaths 20th-century Bulgarian architects Aromanians from the Ottoman Empire Bulgarian people of Aromanian descent Aromanian artists