Andrew's descent, St. Andrew's Church
Look for the address: Str. Andrew's Descent
Get up to art. Metro Area Postal, climb the cable car to the Mikhailovsky Square, and walk on the street. Tithe to the St. Andrew's descent, or art. Metro Kontraktovaya, pass the fountain of Samson, past the Cathedral of the Assumption but then up the St. Andrew's descent.
Andrew's descent - the second most popular street in Kiev after Downtown. Andrew's descent begins on the streets of Vladimir and falls to the Kontraktova Yerevan occupies Podol in the Fountain of Samson.
The upper section of the street still existed at the time of Kievan Rus', he connected the Old Kiev and hem, and ran between St. Andrew and the Castle Hill, but it could move only pedestrians and riders. Street received its name in honor of Andrew. In the annals of Nestor said that after lengthy attempts to spread Christianity in the Scythian land, about two thousand years ago St. Andrew blessed the slopes of the Dnieper, and predicted the appearance of a great Christian city. At the spot where once stood Andrew, and later built a church named after him.
In the early 18th century on the orders of the governor of Kiev, the passage widened, and now is able to pass even the loaded carts drawn by oxen.
After the October Revolution, according to the fashion of those times, in 1920 changed the name of St. Andrew's descent on the street. GV Liver, but in 1944 returned the historic name of the street.
Andrew's descent - it is a street-museum. At every step you can see something interesting on the street reigns bohemian atmosphere of the late 19th - early 20th century. Among the most famous sights of Kiev, located on Andrew Descent is St. Andrew's Church, built at the behest of the Empress Catherine II, the author of the project which was Rastrelli. Such grace the Empress had to Kiev in gratitude for what the land gave her Ukrainian Olexa Rozum, who later became Count Razumovsky. If you go down from the church a little lower, you can get into the park, among which are located Kavaleridze sculptures of Ivan. Near the church stands a monument to the heroes of the original play by Mikhail Staritskogo Prony Prokopovnu and Svirid Golokhvastov. There is also one of the most mysterious and enigmatic buildings in Kiev - Richard Castle.
On this street was once lived and worked, MA Bulgakov. Now his house is a house-museum, near the monument to the writer. If you walk from the house of Bulgakov's down a few buildings, you can see a restaurant called the Cat Hippo, a commemorative plaque on the facade. In honor of St. Andrew's descent opened a museum dedicated to the history of the street which is called "The Museum of One Street", it is located, as expected, in Kiev.
Tourists are the street fascinates her color. Gradually, since 1985, Andrew's descent was the site of regular celebrations of various arts. Kiev artists have chosen the street, turning it into a shop in the open air and, simultaneously, to the store. Here you can observe how under the brush of the painter is born a new leaf or to buy vending picture. Gradually, Andrew's descent filled with art studios, showrooms, art galleries. Improvement began with a street painting facades, installing lights, simulating a tarints, sidewalks, paving stones laid out. In 1992 he built a staircase leading to the St. Andrew's descent to the mountain Vozdyhalnitsu, and in 1994 - the stairs to the Castle Hill.
At Andreevskom works a lot of cafes and restaurants with names bohemian and romantic atmosphere: Artkafe, Chateau, Panorama. There is a theater-studio wheel. All this and much more will walk on the granite pavement Andrew's descent a memorable event in the inspection program in Kiev.
Apartments for rent in the area of ??St. Andrew's descent
Rdom to St. Andrew's descent has such an apartment for rent in Kiev:
Apartments for rent in Kiev, near St. Andrew's descent:
One-bedroom apartment, Kiev, Ukraine code 215 ~ 5 min walk
One bedroom apartment, Kiev, Ukraine code 106 ~ 15 min walk
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