Colorful playgrounds, unusual sculptures,art museum in the open air - this unique place is known not only in Kiev, but also far beyond its borders. The name of this Kiev object is the Landscape alley. Where is it located, how to get there and what can you see there?
Find this alley on the ground is not so easy. After all, it is located in the rear of the central streets of the Ukrainian capital and is hidden from view.
The avenue is located within the so-calledOld town (administratively, this is a modern Shevchenko district). It stretches from the house at number 7A in Desyatinny Lane (near the Museum of History of Ukraine) to the building number 38 on Bolshaya Vladimirskaya, that is almost a kilometer.
A landscape alley (or just a Landscape) isa modern walking zone in the center of Kiev. It is completely pedestrian, cars do not go here. Avraam Miletsky, a talented architect of Jewish origin, took part in the bookmark of the Landscape avenue in Kiev. In his huge record, such well-known Kyiv projects as the Memorial of Eternal Glory, the Palace of Pioneers and others. Also, Abraham Miletsky was engaged in the reconstruction of the Andreevsky Descent.
The landscape was laid in the early 80's. Walking here, you can enjoy beautiful panoramas: the alley offers an excellent view of the Kiev mountains-hills, Podol and Zadneprovya region.
How to get to this tourist site? Such a question arises in many tourists and guests of the Ukrainian capital.
In the heart of the city is the Landscape alley(Kiev). How to get here is easy? The first option: take the subway and get off at the station "Golden Gate" (Sirecko-Pecherskaya branch, it is also "green"). After that, you need to walk along Vladimirskaya Street to the north to the History Museum of Ukraine and turn left - into Desyatinny Lane.
Если же вы оказались на Софийской или Mikhailovskaya Square, then it's enough to walk 500 meters west along Bolshaya Zhitomirskaya Street. A landmark for you is a huge mural on the wall of the house at number 38. Before this building you should turn into the yard - and you will immediately find yourself at the starting point of the Landscape avenue in Kiev.
Not everyone knows that the Landscape alley was created onthe remains of the ancient defensive walls of Kiev, which stretched over deep cliffs and reliably protected the city from enemy attacks. That's why wonderful city panoramas open from this place. Therefore, the Landscape alley is one of the best places in Kiev for romantic walks and dates.
In addition, families come here with pleasurewith young children. After all, the efforts of enthusiasts and artists created wonderful children's playgrounds. One of them is designed based on the popular fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland". In addition to world-famous characters, here you can find, for example, a pair of loving zebras or a sculpture of a little girl on an elephant. Of course, children are delighted with such sites! It should be noted that almost all the sculptures in the park are lined with multicolored mosaic that only strengthens the festive and bright atmosphere of the Landscape.
Modern Landscape is not just a recreation area,but also a unique art museum in the open air. Here you can see a lot of sculptures and unusual installations. How do you like a huge 30-meter-centipede cat with a wide-open mouth? Or is it a tall tower of colorful cushions? Not so interesting you can see on the Landscape Alley!
The idea to create an art museum on the wasteland for the GreatZhitomirskaya Street belongs to Olga Kondratskaya. But most of the sculptures were made by the famous Kiev sculptor Konstantin Skretutsky. This bright and extraordinary master has been decorating the streets and squares of the city with amazing works for many years.
The creation of an art museum in the Landscape took about half a million hryvnia. It is interesting that a part of this sum was collected by tenants of neighboring houses.
Near the Landscape alley are tractsPotters and Goats. People have lived there for a long time. Today these tracts are also densely built up by cottages. They are connected with the Old Town by an unusual wooden staircase, which ends at the very end of the landscape alley.
This staircase is one of the oldest in Kiev.On it went back in the XVII century! But in the 80 years of the last century, this wooden staircase (in the people - "wooden") was chosen by informal and hippies. Here they regularly gathered in the evenings, drank wine, listened to forbidden songs and uttered rebellious speeches. Informal personalities, by the way, can be found on this ladder to this day.
