Shevchenko Park (Dnipro)
Coordinates: 48 ° 27 ′ 48 ″ N , 35 ° 4 ′ 23 ″ E
| Shevchenko Park Central Culture and Recreation Park "Shevchenko" |
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| Main entrance to the park | |
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| place | Dnipro |
| Created | 1790 |
| Buildings | Student palace |
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| User groups | leisure |
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| Parking area | 360,000 m² |
The Central Culture and Recreation Park "Shevchenko" - ( Ukrainian Парк культури та відпочинку ім Т. Г. Шевченка. ) - named after the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko (from the 1790s to 1925 "Potemkin Garden" - Russian Потёмкинский сад ). Along with Lasar Hloba Park , it is one of the two major city parks in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro .
General information
The park has an area of 36 hectares (including the monastery island ) and is divided into a coastal part and an island part.
- The coastal part includes a summer theater, the student palace of the National University of Dnipro (formerly Potemkin Palace) and some playgrounds.
- The island part ( monastery island ) is home to (among other things) a freshwater aquarium , a zoo , some water sports clubs and various other attractions. In honor of the namesake, one of the largest Taras Shevchenko monuments in Ukraine is located on the west side . There is a beach on the south side .
Web links
- City administration article on the park , accessed June 15, 2013
- Photo album of the city administration for the park with over 150 photos , accessed on June 15, 2013
- Park History, Part 1 , accessed June 15, 2013
- Park History, Part 2 , accessed June 15, 2013
- Legends of the islands in Dnipro , accessed June 15, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article of the city administration on the student palace (Russian) , accessed on June 16, 2013
- ↑ Official homepage of the Student Palace ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 16, 2013
- ↑ Article of the city administration on the freshwater aquarium , accessed on June 15, 2013.
- ↑ Article of the city administration on the park , accessed on June 15, 2013
