The architecture of Dnipro
About this tour
If you are interested in architecture but are not a professional in this field if you have wanted to understand how architectural styles differ from each other for a long time, then this tour is for you.
Route: park named after T. Shevchenko - st. V. Vernadskyi - str. Barricade - Katerynoslavskyi boulevard - st. T. Shevchenko - st. Korolenko - D. Yavornytskyi Ave.
Walking tour.
The tour is conducted in Ukrainian.
Price for 1-10 people, regardless of the number of participants.
*The originality of the text is completely preserved by the author of the tour (tour operator)
5 reasons to choose tour
1
Get acquainted with the old and new secular architecture of the city
2
Learn about the features of different architectural styles
3
After the excursion, you will be able to distinguish exedras from bay windows
4
Learn about the legendary Katerynoslav brick
5
Take beautiful photos as a memory
Key landmarks
1
Potemkin Palace
The palace was built no later than 1790 as the residence of the Governor General. In the 19th century, it was used as a gathering of nobles. In Soviet times, a sanatorium was opened there, and from the 1940s until today, there is the Palace of Students of DNU. The building is one of the oldest in the city.
2
Khrinnikov's house
A vivid example of Ukrainian architectural modernism. Built to the order of the Ukrainian entrepreneur and philanthropist Volodymyr Khrinnikov. Until 1917, public life was there. In the 1930s years, it was known as the Doctor's House. During the post-war reconstruction, it received a modern simplified appearance. Since the 1950s, it has been known to Dnipro residents as the "Ukraine" hotel.
3
Cultural and business complex "Menorah"
It is an example of modern architecture, a multifunctional complex opened to visitors in 2012. There is a hotel, a hostel, offices, shops, concert halls, as well as a modern museum "Memory of the Jewish people and the Holocaust in Ukraine."
4
City Hall building
Until 1982, the city government was there, and now it is an educational institution. The building was built in 1903, it was a project of local architect Dmytro Skorobogatov. The architecture of the building tends to Neo-Renaissance buildings of Vienna at the end of the 19th century.
What is included?
Professional guide
*From each purchased tour, we transfer 10% to the Ukrainian Refugee Support Fund. All profits from press tours are transferred to the reconstruction of Ukraine.
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