A complete list of interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places that are located near the Golden Gate station
The Gray Theater appeared in 2013, its organizers and ideological inspirers are Vincent and Wilhelmina Mettel. The theater attracts not only with its intriguing name, but also with its direction and style. Why is the theater called Gray? It’s not about color at all, as it might seem at first glance. The answer is not … Read more
The sculpture made of linden wood represents one of the most famous moments of the cartoon: a wolf and a dog are sitting under a festive table, between them is a bottle of moonshine with the inscription “Many Years” and a ham. The author of the sculptural composition is Vinnitsa sculptor Vladimir Zayats. The cartoon … Read more
The Prague Hotel was built in 1880 according to the design of the architect Alexander Schiele (his most famous work in Kyiv is the water tower in Khreshchaty Park, where the Water Museum is located). Initially, the building had 3 floors and was called “Ilyinskaya Rooms”, after the surname of the owner Anastasia Ilyinskaya (the … Read more
The monument to the Persian cat Panteleimon was erected in 1998 in Zolotovorotsky Square opposite the Pantagruel restaurant where the cat lived. In the mid-1990s, Margarita Sichkar, a Kiev restaurateur and director of the Pantagruel restaurant, which is located near Golden Gate, had a the idea of having a cat at the restaurant, which was … Read more
In 1857, this plot was received by Anna Gerasimovna Kalita, the wife of Lieutenant General Taras Kalita, head of the artillery garrisons of the Kyiv Military District. The land was provided by the city government in exchange for their built-up estate in Pechersk on Rybalskaya Street, which was subject to demolition due to the construction … Read more
Golden Gate During the reign of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, the territory of Kyiv was constantly expanding, which required the construction of new defensive fortifications – powerful ramparts with reinforced wooden cages and deep ditches were erected. The city was surrounded by earthen ramparts with a total length of 4 kilometers, they ran along the … Read more