Soloti Vorota Metro Station
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Soloti Vorota Metro Station Soloti Vorota (stanzija metro) |
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 Soloti Vorota Metro Station 2010 |
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| District | Shevchenko Raion |
| Opened | December 31, 1989 |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 26 '53 " N , 30 ° 30' 48" E |
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| Stretch) | Syrezko - Pecherska |
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| Passengers | approx. 20,000 daily |
The subway station Soloti Vorota ( Ukrainian Золоті ворота (станція метро) / Soloti worota (stanzija metro) ; German Golden Gate ) is a subway station of the Kiev Metro opened on December 31, 1989 in the Ukrainian capital Kiev .
location
The metro station on metro line 3 Syrezko – Pecherska ( Сирецько – Печерська лінія ) is on Volodymyrska Street at the Golden Gate in downtown Kiev between Lukianivska and Palaz sportu stations . There is a connection to the Teatralna station to change to the U1.
Architecture and art
The underground station is a three-aisled pillar foundation 96.5 m below the ground. The pillars of the main hall are tiled with white marble, the white ceiling of which is divided by diametrical mosaic strips made of glazed bricks. The numerous mosaic pictures show representations of the princes of the Kievan Rus , ancient Kievan churches and other patterns, so that one can discover all the rulers of Kiev from the 11th to the 13th century when walking through the station. In the spaces between the mosaic arches hang ornamental bronze chandeliers with 12 lamps each.
The artists involved in the construction received the Taras Shevchenko Prize in 1991 . The station's mosaics have been listed as a monument to architecture and urban planning since 2011.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ unofficial site of the metro station (Russian)
- ↑ a b official website of the Kiev Metro , accessed on October 28, 2015 (Russian)
- ↑ Kiev subway. Golden Gate Station , accessed October 28, 2015 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Page of the subway station in Kiev encyclopedia , accessed October 28, 2015 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Monuments in Shevchenko Raion No. 172 (page 29) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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 on October 28, 2015 (Ukrainian)
