Alexander Square ( Central Square , popular name - Panikovka [1] ) is a square located in the center of Minsk .
| Alexander Square | |
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| Belor. Alyaksandraўskі Square | |
 "Boy with a Swan" (the fountain is off) | |
| basic information | |
| Type of | square |
| Established | 1836 year |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| City | Minsk |
| A district of the city | Leninsky district |
| Underground | 2 Kupalovskaya , October 1 |
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Description
Adjacent to the theater. Yankees Kupala . Located near the metro stations Kupalovskaya and Oktyabrskaya . It is surrounded by Independence Avenue , as well as the streets of Karl Marx , Engels and Krasnoarmeyskaya . It opens on October Square , the Residence of the President of the Republic of Belarus and the Central House of Officers (CDO) .
In the center of the square is one of the most famous fountains in Minsk - “Boy with a Swan” (popular name - Panikovsky [1] ).
History
The square was founded in 1836 on the site of the New Market on the initiative of the mayor of Leopold Delpac . The square got its name in honor of Alexander Nevsky ( the chapel of the same name from 1869 until the 1930s was located at the site of the modern entrance to the square at the intersection of Engels Street and Independence Avenue ).
The fountain with the sculpture group “A Boy Playing with a Swan” was built in 1874 in honor of the opening of the city water supply . The sculpture “The Boy with a Swan” ( German ) was created by the Berlin sculptor Theodor Kalide ( German ), this was the first independent work of the sculptor, which immediately brought him success. The creation of the novice author was bought by the Prussian king Frederick William III for the garden of Charlottenburg. Later, more and more copies began to appear, until now there are more than 200 such sculptures around the world. [2] During the Great Patriotic War, the sculptural composition was damaged, the restoration was carried out by the sculptor Zair Azgur .
In 1890, a theater was opened in the southern part of the square (today - the Yanka Kupala National Academic Theater ).
The history of the building of the first public toilet in Minsk is interesting, which, due to its architectural originality, cannot be overlooked in the square. It was built in 1912 by one architect at his own expense. There is an urban legend that one of the wealthy gentlemen somehow ordered him to build a house for himself. The architect built a house for him, perfectly coping with the order. But the pan refused to pay him for the work done. In retaliation, the architect built in the center of the city, in this square, an exact reduced copy of the house of that pan who refused to pay him [1] .
Photo Gallery
“Boy with a Swan” (fountain is on)
Toilet in the park
See also
- List of Minsk streets