Khreshchaty Park
Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 11 ″ N , 30 ° 31 ′ 53 ″ E
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| Basic data | |
| place | Kiev |
| Created | 1743 |
| Buildings | Water tower , puppet theater |
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| User groups | leisure |
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| Parking area | 11800 m² |
The Chreschtschatyj Park ( Ukrainian Хрещатий парк ) is a park with an area of 11.8 hectares in the center of the Ukrainian capital Kiev .
location
The park stretches between the European Square , the National Philharmonic of Ukraine and the Monument to the Friendship of Peoples to the Dnepruferweg and the area of the Valery Lobanovsky Stadium .
history
The park was laid out as part of the Tsarist Gardens on the orders of Tsarina Elisabeth in 1743. In 1872 a first and in 1876 a second water tower was built in the then Zarenpark. In 2003 the water tower from 1876 was rebuilt. In 2005 the building of the State Academic Puppet Theater , which is shaped like a fairytale castle, was opened in the park. The park was called the Park of the Proletariat from 1918 , later it was renamed the Park of the Pioneers and since 1992 it has had its current name.
Web links
- Page about the park (Russian)
- Khreshchaty Park website on Kievtown.net (Ukrainian)
- Page with many photographs of the park (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Günther Schäfer: Kiev: Tours through the metropolis on the Dnepr . In: City guide (= Trescher series of trips ). 3. Edition. Trescher Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-89794-181-6 , pp. 212 ([ limited preview in Google Book search]).