The Chania Archaeological Museum is located in the former Catholic monastery of St. Francisca. The museum's rich collection contains exhibits found during excavations in western Crete: weapons, coins, jewelry, statuettes, pottery, Roman mosaics, stone idols, sarcophagi, etc.
The Venetian harbor of Chania, built during the Venetian rule, is one of the most visited tourist destinations in this Cretan city. On the shores of the harbor there are many cafes and taverns, as well as cruise boats, where you can go on exciting sea excursions.
The Kiev Planetarium opened in January 1952. In 1987, a new building of the Kyiv Planetarium was completed and opened at 57/3 Chervonoarmiyska Street (now Velyka Vasylkivska).
Russian gate with towers and fortifications - a complex of buildings of the XV century. The Russian Gate is located in the ravine of the Smotrych River. The exact date of construction of the gate is unknown.
The Golden Gate was one of the three great city gates built under Yaroslav the Wise. The construction of the gate together with St. Sophia Cathedral is mentioned in the "Tale of Bygone Years" in 1037.
The city gate in Kamianets-Podilskyi is an ancient defensive structure. It is a famous local attraction that attracts tourists. The main city gate, or St. Michael's Gate, is an element of the defense system of the Old Town of Kamianets-Podilskyi.
One of the most powerful towers in Podillya is the Stefan Batory Tower in Kamianets-Podilskyi. It is a monument of architecture and urban planning of Ukraine of national importance.
In Kyiv, at 9 Institutska Street, there is a majestic, monumental building of the National Bank of Ukraine, which impresses with its beauty and sophistication. Construction began in the fall of 1902 on the project of Kiev architect Alexander Kobelev, who won the competition, and according to the ske...
The cult building was erected in 1898-1902 by order of the Kyiv Karaite community. And although there were no more than 300 of them in Kyiv at that time, among them were quite wealthy people who could afford to buy a plot in the city center, order an original project and provide construction.
The oldest surviving cult building of the Roman Catholic Church in Kyiv. Construction lasted a quarter of a century and was completed in 1842. The author of the project is Ludwik Stanzani, a Kyiv architect of Italian origin.
The only cult building in Kyiv, built in the Gothic style. Construction began in 1899. The church was built by Kyiv architect Vladyslav Horodetsky according to the design of SV Valovsky.
The Rifle Brotherhood has existed in Krakow for more than 700 years. At first, they were really the defenders of the city. But then the union turned into a kind of elite club.
The oldest street in the city. Initially, the settlement was called Okul, and in 1401 it was annexed to Krakow. The name of the street comes from the canons of the Wawel Cathedral, whose houses make up a significant part of the street.
This strict four-storey building is one of the cornerstones of the Small Market. The first brick building on this site was erected in the XIV century. The Jesuits operated here in the XVI-XVII centuries.
It was erected in 1990 next to the wall of the Church of St. Egidius in memory of Polish prisoners of war who were illegally exterminated in Stalin's camps. At the foot of the cross is a granite plaque listing the camps and prisons where Polish soldiers were held.
The cathedral was built during 1844-1864 at the request of Bishop Eugene Hackman. The first stone for the construction of the cathedral was laid on June 15.1844 with the blessing of the then Bishop Eugene Hackman.
St. Stephen's Square appeared on the map of Krakow in the early 19th century, when the medieval Church of St. Stephen, which gave the square its name, the Church of Saints Maciej and Mateusz, was dismantled, and the cemetery next to the church was liquidated.
In the 1920s, this house belonged to the famous merchant Charles Sikar. It was one of the first hotels in the young city - "Hotel du Nord". After arriving in Odessa on July 3.
Remu is the only synagogue in Krakow where services are held regularly. Together with the adjacent Jewish cemetery of the same name, the building forms a unique architectural complex of Jewish culture of the XVI century.
The first name was the Krasinski Palace, later the Gutten-Czapski Palace. In 1883, Hubert Anthony Krasinski, a physician and public figure, moved to Krakow from his estate in Ukraine and began building a neo-Renaissance palace designed by Anthony Sidek.
The pompous Neo-Renaissance building with a large dome was designed by architects Tadeusz Stryż enski and Wł adysł aw Ekilski in 1893 to house a shelter for boys of the Catholic faith from all over Galicia.
A small square (less than two hectares) between Deribasovskaya and Lonzheronovskaya streets is a popular vacation spot for tourists and residents of Odessa. This was the first public garden in Odessa, which was laid out by Felix Deribas on his own plot in 1803 and donated to the city in 1806.
At the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Krakow experienced a period of economic and cultural development. Under Austrian rule, Polish schools were allowed to operate, so on October 1.