European Square (Kiev)
Coordinates: 50 ° 27 ′ 7.9 ″ N , 30 ° 31 ′ 39.2 ″ E
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 The European Square in the direction of Hruschewskoho Street and "Hotel Dnepr" |
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| place | Kiev |
| District | Shevchenko Raion |
| Hist. Names | Horse Market Square, Theater Square, Tsar Square, Third International Square, Stalin Square, Adolf Hitler Square, Lenin Komsomol Square |
| Confluent streets | Khreshchatyk , Mychaila Hruschewskoho Street, Trochswjatytelska Street, Volodymyr Steig |
| Buildings | Ukrainian House , National Philharmonic of Ukraine , Hotel Dnepr , National Parliamentary Library |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrian traffic , motor traffic , events , demonstrations |
The European Square ( Ukrainian Європе́йська пло́ща Jewropejska ploschtscha ) is a square and an important traffic junction in the center of the Ukrainian capital Kiev . The square is named after a hotel that once stood here.
The European Square is, next to the Majdan Nesaleschnosti and the Bessarabska Square , one of the three squares on Khreshchatyk .
Location and development
Khreshchatyk, Mychaila Hruschewskoho Street ( Михайла Грушевського ), which leads uphill to the National Art Museum , the Volodymyr Steig at the beginning of which there is the National Philharmonic of Ukraine and Trjochswjatytelska Street begin at European Square .
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On the square there are some sights of the city such as the Ukrainian House ( Український дім ), the Dnepr Hotel , and the National Parliamentary Library . In the direction of the Dnieper bank is the Khreshchaty Park with the Monument to Friendship of Nations .
From 1892 to 1972 the first Kiev tram connected the European Square with the Post Square in Podil .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Günter Schäfer: "Kiev, tours through the metropolis on the Dnepr", 3rd edition 2011; Trescher Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89794-181-6 , page 40
- ↑ European Square, Kiev , accessed on February 20, 2014 (English)