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Odessa
A major seaport in southern Ukraine. In XV century. known as a stronghold Hadzhibey (until the end of the XVIII century.). In 1789, during the second Russian-Turkish war captured by Russian brigades under the command of Major-General I. Deribasa, who became the first mayor and organizer of the new city. In 1795 renamed in Odessa, soon became the southern gates of the Russian empire. Klyuchevouyu role in the development of South Palmyra played a mayor Duke Richelieu, began a planned development. The city has a rich "literary biography" (Pushkin, A. Mickiewicz, Nikolai Gogol, L. Ukrainka, I. Franco, A. Kuprin, Anna Akhmatova, Dzh.Oldridzh, G. Simenon, etc) are important cultural center and spa. Thanks mnogonatsionalnosti a special and unique folk Odesa dailekt. In Soviet times, Odessa won fame capital of humor - here comes Isaac Babel, Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov, Mikhail Zhvanetsky, Roman Kartsev and others preserved old buildings center with well known streets and courtyards. Many monuments, including the unusual ( "Rybachka Sonia", "Rabinovich, Marc, and others).
Primorsky Boulevard, one of the most beautiful streets of the town, decorations are a monument Dyuku Richelieu and Potemkin (Primorsk) Stairs (1841) in 192 stages, down to Morvokzalu.
Deribassovskaya pedestrian street with squares, which is being held Yumoriny celebration of April 1, and trade pictures and souvenirs. In the park a large number of sculptures and monuments: a monument to Leonid Utesovu, Utochniku, Sculpture "Lion" and "Lioness" monument "Twelfth chair." At the beginning of the street - a monument to the first gradonachalniku Joseph Deribasu, called "grasshoppers".
Opera and Ballet Theater (1884-87 biennium.) Lane. Tchaikovsky, 3. It is considered one of the most beautiful in the world. The authors - Viennese architect. G. Gelmer and F. Felner, who built the theater in Vienna, Budapest, Dresden, Zagreb. Renaissance style with elements of Baroque, is decorated with sculptural groups and masks.
Arcade fortress with a tower and the remains of quarantine barrier Suvorovskoy Fortress (1799). Located in the park to them. Shevchenko.
Trinity Church (1808). Built in classical style. Partially preserved marble floors.
Holy Monastery Panteleymonovsky (Afonskoe Compound), st. Panteleymonovskaya. The five domes monastery unusual lepki and mosaics on the walls reflect a mixture of different architectural during the past century.
City Duma (1829-37 biennium.) Sq. Dumskaya 1. The building was built in Classicist (architect F. Boffo) for the Odessa commodity exchange. The main facade is decorated with 12 columns, sculptures. On the square - the old 250-poods trophy cast iron cannon from Spanish frigate "Tiger" in memory of the Crimean War, a monument to Pushkin.
Vorontsov's Palace (1824-1827 biennium.) Primorsky Boulevard, 1. Created for the project and under the supervision of architect. F. Boffo. Also survived gazebo, and the wing stables. Until recently - Palace of children and young people. Now in damaged condition. Colonnade gazebo - one of the symbols of Odessa.
Palace Naryshkinyh (1805-10 biennium.) St. Sofiyivska, 5. The building in the classical style, beneath it - and the basement catacombs, an artificial cave with a grotto. Styling ceiling, marble and parquet floors with inlay. Now - the Odessa Art Museum.
Dvrets Gagarin (XIX century). Str. UKR, 2. Now - Odessa Literature Museum. In the courtyard is a garden of sculptures with a flower bed, a fountain, statues of medieval and modern burlesque bronze figures in honor of the heroes of Odessa folklore.
Dvorets Abaza (XIX century). Str. Pushkinskaya, 9. Now - Museum of Western and Eastern art. The exhibition: Hals, Falcone, Canaletto, Caravaggio. There luxurious interiors.
Shahsky Palace (XIX century). Str. Gogol, 2. Palace of the Polish magnate Brzhozovskogo the project architect. F. Gonsiorovskogo. In 1909 he lived here escaped from Persia Iranian Shah Mohammed Ali. Now - office transprotnogo Maritime Bank. " On the contrary - "House of Atlantes."
New Exchange (1894-99 biennium.) St. Bunin, 15. Arch. A. Bernardatstsi. The facade is made in the forms of Florentine Renaissance. The interiors are decorated with beautiful pictures, marble. The ceiling of carved wood. Used as Philharmonic Hall.
Archeological Museum (1825), st. UKR, 4. Founded I. Blarambergom, surrendered part of its museum collections. More than 150 thousand items - historical and cultural monuments Northern Black Sea coast, ancient Greece and Rome. Highlights in Ukraine collection of Egyptian antiquities (sarcophagi, mummies of humans and animals, jewelry, etc.).
Hotel "Passage" (1898), st. Transfiguration, 34. One of the most beautiful buildings in Odessa, affects refined architecture and sculpture compositions. Inside the hotel there is an entire street with rows of elite stores. The high roof of glass complements neobyatnogo sense of space and has a light inside the building.
Hotel "London" (XIX century.) Primorsky Boulevard, 11. The legendary hotel, which stayed Kuprin, Chekhov, Mayakovsky, cliff.
"Teschin" Bridge, a famous bridge at the beginning of Primorsky boulevard. According to legend, built on the orders of one of merov that it was easier to get through the ravine visit to tesche.
Monument to the founders of Odessa (1894-2007 biennium.) Sq. Ekaterininskaya. Monument to Empress Catherine II and her close associates Platon Zubov, Grigori Potemkin, Frans de Volanu, Joseph Deribasu was set to the 100 th anniversary of the city in Soviet times, replaced by payamtnik Potemkintsam, accompanied by a resurgence of protests by national-patriots.
Odessa sea port (1968), built on the New molu. The railway station is fully reconstructed, it installed a sculpture E. Unknown "golden child", a number - multistory hotel "Odessa" (2001). At the end of the pier - ST. Nicholas, a new yacht club.
"Privoz, st. Imported. Odessa's famous bazaar, where you can buy everything, "one of the symbols of Odessa. Considered one of the biggest markets in Europe. Open daily, except Mondays.
Arcadia, a resort district, Odessa Rivera, the center of nightlife. Famous for its modern, well-equipped beaches and a variety of entertainment establishments.
Catacombs, a maze of artificial caves under the city. Cut into thick limestone as a result of extraction of building stone, which built most of the buildings in the city. Overall length - about 2.5 thousand km. In XVIII-XIX century. used by smugglers. In the year of the Great Patriotic War in the catacombs based guerrilla detachments, operates a museum guerrilla Fame (p. Nerubayske).
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