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Go sightseeing to Odessa
Museums, historical places
of Odessa city. Old city
Odessa Apartments
in historical part of Odessa
city. Book apartment
| Sights
of Odessa |
Sights of Odessa
Primorsky Boulevard / Monument to Pushkin / Monument to Vorontsov / Colonnade of the Vorontsov Palace / Opera and Ballet Theatre / City Hall / Odessa Sea Port / Don Josef de Ribas / Catacombs / Museums: Museum of Literature, Naval Museum, Archeological Museum, Fine Arts Museum, Museum of Partisan Glory, Western and Oriental Arts Museum / Deribasovskaya Street. / City park / Vorontsov Palace / Beaches of Odessa / Odessa Cathedrals & Monasteries / Monument to Richelieu / The Potemkin Stairs
The Potemkin Steps (or Potymokin, Potemkinskaya, Potemkinskaya or simply Odessa Steps) are the most famous site of Odessa city. It is a formal entrance into Odessa from the direction of the seaport. The steps are leading from monument to Duke de Richelieu on Prymorskiy (or Primorsky) Boulevard down to the Black Sea.
The Potemkin Steps were constructed in 1837 – 1841 by design of the architect Francesco Boffo.
There are 192 granite steps, which are used a symbol of Odessa city.
Count Mikhail Vorontsov, governor of Odessa, made order to build this
monument of architecture. The construction of Potemkin Steps cost nothing
for Odessa city budget because Odessa governor Mikhail Vorontsov covered
all expenses.
