Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Kyiv, Ukraine
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8 km
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Explore Kyiv in Ukraine with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in KyivIndividual Sights in KyivSight 1: Puppet Theatre
Kyiv Academic Puppet Theater is a state academic puppet theater in Kyiv, the oldest puppet theater in Ukraine.
Wikipedia: Київський державний академічний театр ляльок (UK), Website
Sight 2: National Philharmonic of Ukraine
The National Philharmonic of Ukraine, often referred to as Kyiv Philharmonic and National Philharmonic, is a complex of two adjacent concert halls in the Khreshchatyi Park in Kyiv, Ukraine. Formerly the Merchant's House, the building's use for musical performances is associated with the Philharmonic Society, established by Mykola Lysenko.
Sight 3: St. Michael Golden-Domed Cathedral
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is a monastery in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel. It is located on the edge of the bank of the Dnieper river, to the northeast of the Saint Sophia Cathedral. The site is located in the historical administrative neighborhood of Uppertown and overlooks Podil, the city's historical commercial and merchant quarter. The monastery has been the headquarters of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine since December 2018.
Sight 4: St. Alexander Catholic Church
The Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander also called Cathedral of St. Alexander of Kyiv is a Latin Catholic co-cathedral located in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
Wikipedia: Co-Cathedral of St. Alexander, Kyiv (EN), Website
Sight 5: Будинок-музей Тараса Шевченка
The Literary-Memorial House-Museum of Taras Shevchenko is a branch of the National Museum of Taras Shevchenko. Shevchenko lived here from the spring of 1846 until his arrest on April 5, 1847.
Wikipedia: Літературно-меморіальний будинок-музей Тараса Шевченка (UK)
Sight 6: Lyadsky Gate
Lach Gates at Independence Square in Kyiv is a monument built in 2001 to commemorate one of the Medieval Kyiv city gates. At the top is a sculpture of Archangel Michael which is the city's symbol.
Sight 7: October Palace
The International Center of Culture and Arts of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (ICCA) is an architectural monument designed and built in 1842 by the famous architect Vincent Beretti. One of the largest theater halls in Kyiv: it can accommodate more than two thousand spectators.
Sight 8: Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater
The Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater, located in Kyiv, was founded in 1920. It rightfully plays an important role in the history of Ukrainian culture. Real masters worked here and continue to delight their fans: actors, directors, composers, set designers. The repertoire is based on national and World Classics. You can watch performances both on the main stage and in the chamber. Each performance is a separate world, a variety of ways of artistic solution, and unusual Productions. Bohdan Benyuk, Anatoly Khostikoev, Ostap Stupka, Natalia Sumskaya work on the stage of this theater.
Wikipedia: Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater (EN), Website
Sight 9: House with Chimeras
House with Chimaeras or Horodetsky House is an Art Nouveau building located in the historic Lypky neighborhood of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Situated across the street from the President of Ukraine's office at No. 10, Bankova Street, the building has been used as a presidential residence for official and diplomatic ceremonies since 2005. The street in front of the building is closed off to all automobile traffic, and is now a patrolled pedestrian zone due to its proximity to the Presidential Administration building.
Sight 10: Ivan Franko Monument
The Monument to Ivan Franko in Kyiv is a monument to the outstanding Ukrainian writer, poet, scientist and thinker Ivan Yakovlevich Franko in the capital of Ukraine, the city of Kyiv.
Sight 11: National Museum of Literature in Ukraine
National Museum of Literature of Ukraine is a national museum in the former Pavlo Galagan Collegium's main structure in Kyiv. It covers Ukrainian literature's development from the ninth century to the present. The museum has a branch, the Kyiv Literary Memorial Museum, in the apartment of Mykola Bazhan.
Wikipedia: National Museum of Literature of Ukraine (EN), Facebook, Website
Sight 12: Будинок Сироткіна
The Sirotkin House is a former apartment building, a monument of architecture, history and monumental art, one of the most beautiful buildings in the historical center of Kyiv, at the time of construction it was the tallest residential building in Kyiv. It is located at the corner of Volodymyrska and Prorizna streets.
Sight 13: House of the Metropolitan
The Metropolitan House is a monument of palace architecture of the XVIII century, the former residence of the Metropolitan of Kiev. Now it is a museum institution as part of the Sofia Kyivska National Reserve. Located at: Kyiv, str. Vladimirskaya, 24.
Sight 14: Будинок актора
The Karaite Kenesa of Kyiv is a former Kenesa in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is located in Yaroslaviv Val Street 7, close to the Golden Gates of Kyiv and is considered to be one of the remarkable monuments of architecture and artwork in Kyiv. Nowadays, it is known as the Ukrainian House of Actors.
Sight 15: Golden Gate
The Golden Gate of Kyiv was the main gate in the 11th century fortifications of Kyiv, the capital of Kievan Rus'. It was named in imitation of the Golden Gate of Constantinople. The structure was dismantled in the Middle Ages, leaving few vestiges of its existence. It was rebuilt completely by the Soviet authorities in 1982, though no images of the original gates have survived. The decision has been immensely controversial because there were many competing reconstructions of what the original gate might have looked like.
Sight 16: Золотоворітський сквер
Zolotovorotsky Square is a square and a botanical natural monument of local importance in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv. The total area is 0.57 hectares.
Sight 17: St. Volodymyr's Cathedral
St Volodymyr's Cathedral is a cathedral in the centre of Kyiv. It is one of the city's major landmarks and was the mother cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate before the Unification council of the Eastern Orthodox churches of Ukraine.
Sight 18: Особняк І.М.Терещенка
Ivan Tereshchenko Mennyuk - an architectural monument in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv, located on the boulevard of Taras Shevchenko, 34/11, at the intersection with Mikhail Kotsyubynsky Street. The building is mostly two -storey, only a corner tower with one room is elevated to three floors. The angle is accentuated with rectangular in plan with a bay window on the second floor. The front entrance of the house is located on the side of Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, and the main facade of the mansion is focused on the boulevard, and lateral - on the street of Mikhail Kotsyubynsky.
Sight 19: Музей-квартира Віктора Косенка
The Victor Kosenko Museum is a museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, which memorializes the life of Victor Kosenko, who was a prominent Ukrainian musician, teacher, and public figure in the early 20th century. The museum opened in 1938, the year of his death, and is housed in the building in which Kosenko lived in the last few months of his life from 11 May 1938 to 3 October 1938. The museum is maintained in its original 1930s style and is a popular tourist destination in the city. In addition, the building is used by the local Union of Composers to host concerts, lectures, and meetings. More than five thousand exhibits are kept in the apartment.
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