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Sights of Odessa Ukraine.
Where to go. Travel guide. by Helen Pavlova
The monument to Duke de
Richelieu. French nobleman, soldier, and statesman who, as premier
of France (1815-18 and 1820-21), obtained the withdrawal of the Allied
occupation army from France. Earlier, he had served Russia as governor
of Odessa and was notable for his progressive administration there.
| The Potemkin Steps.
The Potemkin Steps are a formal entrance into the city from the direction
of the sea. Sure, each city has its own place of mostly pronounced originality.
For Odessa it will be Potemkin Steps.
The monument to Don Josef
de Ribas. De Ribas and a close collaborator, a Dutch engineer named
Franz de Volan, recommended Odessa location as the site of the region's
principal port.
Primorskiy Boulevard.
Because
of the numerous magnificent buildings, the Primorsky Boulevard is in Odessa
kicks it the more beautiful and extensively forbidden to the automotive
circulation.
Monument to Pushkin.
The odessans honored the memory of the talented artist; now one of the
main streets of the city is named after Alexander Pushkin. The monument
to Alexander Pushkin, located just opposite the Municipal Building, was
unveiled in 1889.
Monument to Vorontsov.
This
monument to the governor-general of the Novorossiysk Territory was erected
in 1863. |
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Colonnades of the Vorontsov
Palace. At the Primorskiy Boulevard's west end note the (pre-revolutionary)
governor's palace, which incidentally was heavily damaged in 1854 when
the British and French bombarded it. Count Vorontsov built a Grecian colonnade,
which overlooks the harbor and also provides a fine view of the bay.
Opera and Ballet Theatre.
The Theatre itself is interesting not only by us architecture, but by its
rich creative biography
City Hall. Situated
on the Primorskiy Boulevard the building, which houses the City Hall nowadays,
is the place of the former old Stock Exchange in Odessa. Trading has always
been the main source of Odessa budget income, so it is only natural that
the Stock Exchange building occupied the foreground of the city and was
further converted into the City Council and Major place.
Deribasovskaya Street
Is named after Don Josef de Ribas. This street is the very heart of
Odessa. What lends Deribasovskaya its unique character is magnificent architecture;
crowds of people leisurely sitting on terraces of numerous cafes and restaurants,
perfect cobblestones, no vehicle traffic and big shady linden trees.
Beaches of Odessa.
Odessa's beach, which actually is made up of several beaches running some
40 km or more, possesses a sea wall and small-scale eating and drinking
establishments. During the summer, particularly the Lanzheron, Otrada,
Delfin, Luzanovka, Fontan, Arkadia beaches are wall-to-wall people, but
solitude seekers can find quiet by walking farther.
Churches of Odessa.
There were about 70 churches before the revolution in Odessa. History of
each church is indissolubly connected with the history of the city. For
Soviet period lots of churches were closed, destroyed, reoriented in warehouses
and fitness - centers and on many years ago, people in Odessa didn't even
imagine, that pious, orthodox citizens prayed about health for their relatives
and about well-being and prosperity of whole city in these city's buildings.
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Odessa Seaport. Convenient
geographical situation on the historically founded merchant ways between
East and West, closeness to Bosporus and Dardanelle's, all - the - year
- round navigation in the port - was always attracting attention of owners
of goods in the world.
Catacombs. Odessa
is located on land that millions of years ago were covered by the Black
Sea. Shells of mollusks combined and formed light yellow shell rock. Examining
any of this rock, a person can see that it is composed of millions of shells.
Sandstone was both the foundation for the city and a primary building material.
Easy to dig through, the sandstone allowed for the construction an estimated
2,000 kilometers of labyrinths stretching out under the city. Nearly the
entire older section of Odessa is built with this stone. |
Archeological Museum was
the first museum founded in the city and is one of the oldest in CIS. There
are more then 160,000 exhibits providing excellent illustration of North
Black Sea coast - from the first appearance of man up to the emergence
of the ancient Russian state, Kievan Rus. Museum displays ancient artifacts;
collection of priceless ornaments and jewelry from the 5th to the 1st centuries
B.C. and coins dating from the 6th century B.C. The excavation of Olbia,
Chersoneses, Panticapea, Tiras and other ancient Greek colonies on the
Black Sea has mainly contributed these outstanding collections.
Fine Arts Museum.
The Museum has an amazing collection of icons from the 14th -15th century
and 18th-19th century paintings - Aivazovsky, Repin, Vrubel, Serov, Savrasov
and Kramskoy. Early 20th century paintings are represented as well, including
works of Rorich, Benz, Somov, Serebriakova, and Kandinski. The building
of the museum used to be the palace of Count Pototsky and was raised in
1805. Exquisitely ornamented halls with painted ceilings, beautiful parquet
floors, made of rare kinds of wood and fine marble mantelpieces lend an
elegant atmosphere to high class
Museum of Literature.
Used to be the residence of Count Gagarin. The building is completely restored
and is really beautiful. The museum collection amounts to 40,000 exhibits.
It represents the works of Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Jewish, Bulgarian,
etc. writers and illustrates their links with Odessa. The list includes
about 300 names. If you study literature this museum will be of a great
interest.
Naval Museum. The
building of Naval Museum was originally the English Club raised in 1842.
The museum has a vast collection, which traces the history of local shipbuilding
and navigation from ancient times to present days. The exhibits include
automatic models, diagrams, and instruments, which are inherent to ship's
bridges and radio cabins. There is an imitation of a ship's sway, the sound
of waves.
Western and Oriental Arts
Museum. One of the best in Ukraine. The museum was founded in 1924
on the basis of private collections in the premises of a wealthy Odessa
merchant. The museum has awesome collection of European masterpieces and
antiquities from Italy, Holland, France and Flounders. The collection includes
replicas of antique sculpture, Ancient Greek ceramics and Roman glassware.
The works represents the oriental art from China, Japan, India, Mongolia
and Tibet. The interior is richly decorated: molded ceilings and parquet
floors made of valuable species of wood.
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