In 1873, the 'Apostle of Freedom' was executed for dreaming of a Bulgarian republic
Vasil Levski, the legendary revolutionary who spent years evading capture while building a secret network to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule, met his end on a gallows in Sofia in 1873.
Vasil Levski was the ideological heart of the Bulgarian struggle for independence. Known as the 'Apostle of Freedom,' he spent years traveling in disguise to establish a secret revolutionary network, dreaming of a 'pure and sacred republic' where all ethnicities and religions would be equal under the law.
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