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One of Odesa’s most popular tourist places is Taras Shevchenko Park. This historic place began its history in 1840. The park is considered to have been founded by the then mayor, Marazali.
Various well-known cultural figures liked to stroll in Shevchenko Park: Zhukovsky, Akhmatova, Pukshkin, Chekhov, Gogol, Ostrovsky. Today it is a favorite place for relaxation for tourists and Odesa residents. The park received its present name in 1954.
The park covers almost 44 ha. There are many places here where you can walk or simply relax. Worth attention are:
- a monument to the great Kobzar, T. H. Shevchenko;
- the Powder Tower and the Quarantine Wall;
- the Alexandrovsky Column;
- a monument to fallen sailors;
- the Lanzheron Arch;
- a monument to the Afghans.
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Admission is free.
The park also has places for active recreation. Those who like skateboarding should visit the skatepark, equipped with special ramps, metal railings and a modern surface.
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For children, Shevchenko Park has plenty of entertainment: equipped playgrounds, amusement rides, the highest observation wheel in Ukraine, a rope park in the trees and a petting zoo.
Thanks to the Green Theater amphitheater, your leisure time will be full and interesting, because this place hosts festivals, lectures, film screenings, yoga classes and much more. It is worth visiting to see the place where Raikin, Tarapunka, Shtepsel and Piekha once performed.
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