Gurzufsky Park - a landscape park on the seaside cliff in the territory of Gurzuf ( Big Yalta ). Monument of landscape art . Founded in 1803 by order of the Duke of Richelieu .
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| Type of | Culture and recreation |
| Square | 12 ha |
| Founding date | 1803 |
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Description
The park area is 12 hectares . More than 110 species and ornamental forms of trees and shrubs are concentrated on its territory. In the park grow as local ( strawberry tree , Crimean pine , Pistachio , high juniper , butcher's broom , cistus Crimean ) and victuals species ( Cupressus sempervirens pyramidalis, Sequoiadendron giganteum , magnolia grandiflora , a cedar of Lebanon , Cedrus deodara , Cedar Atlas , olive European , Lawson's cypress ).
The park is practiced artistic cutting of plants - topiary .
The park houses sculptures and fountains, among which the composition of the fountain “Night” and the fountain “Rachel”, created at the end of the XIX century , are famous. Busts of Lesya Ukrainka , Adam Mitskevich , Pushkin , Chekhov , Shalyapin , Gorky , Mayakovsky are also installed in the park.
Today the park is divided into 2 parts - on its territory there are two sanatoriums , "Gurzufsky" and "Pushkino". On the territory of the latter there is the Republican Museum of A. S. Pushkin in Gurzuf , the house in which the poet lived for 17 days.
On the outskirts of the park, near the embankment, is the Gurzuf Dolphinarium .
Photos
| Magnolias | Topiary | Topiary | Topiary |
Notes
- ↑ This geographical object is located on the territory of the Crimean Peninsula , most of which is the object of territorial disputes between Russia , which controls the disputed territory, and Ukraine , within the borders of which are recognized by the international community, the disputed territory is located. According to the federal structure of Russia , in the disputed territory of the Crimea, the constituent entities of the Russian Federation are located - the Republic of Crimea and the city of federal importance Sevastopol . According to the administrative division of Ukraine , in the disputed territory of the Crimea are located the regions of Ukraine - the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with a special status Sevastopol .
Literature
- Ena V. G. , Tverdokhlebov I. T. , Shantyr S. P. The Southern Coast of Crimea: A Guide. - Simferopol: Business-Inform, 1996. - 303 p. - ISBN 5-7707-6225-X .