Monument to Duke de Richelieu
Odessa, Primorsky Boulevard The center of Primorsky Boulevard is the symbol of the city - a monument to Duke de Richelieu, one of the founders of Odessa and the descendant of Cardinal de Richelieu, The Great French Revolution. The monument benevolently extends to the visitors a hand and invites you to see its sights. Wish wishes and appoint dates.
Monument to Orange, who rescued Odessa
Odessa, M. Zhvanetsky Boulevard, intersection with Preobrazhenskaya Street Monument is an established on a pedestal orange. From one half the skin is removed and a few lobes removed: instead of them, inside the orange is inserted the figure of the Russian Emperor Paul I. The orange is harnessed by three horses, it is itself mounted on the cart wheels, which symbolizes the transportation of oranges from Odessa to St. Petersburg.
Monument to Ilf and Petrov "12th chair"
Odessa, st. Deribasovskaya, City Garden About the fact that all the smuggling is done in Odessa on the Little Arnautskaya, we learned just from the "Twelve Chairs". The city itself is mentioned in passing in a novel, but the main thing is who wrote it-the famous Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov, the natives of Odessa.
Monument to Odessa-Mother
Odessa, st. Lanzheronovskaya, 2 "Rostov-papa, Odessa-Mother" - a phrase familiar to almost every Soviet citizen. The monument, symbolizing the kinship of the Odessites, was established in 2000.
Monument to the founders of Odessa
Address: Odessa, Ekaterininskaya Square In Odessa in 1900 the city's founders thanked Catherine II, who commanded "the city and port to be" to the designer of the future city of Franz de Volan. In honor of them a monument was erected, which several times changed its dislocation.
Monument to Rabinovich
Odessa, st. Lanzheronovskaya, 2. The hero of the Odessa jokes just had to be immortalized in bronze! Like many of these monuments, he appeared in the city on April 1. The name was invented not by anyone but by Michal Mikhalych Zhvanetsky
Potemkin Stairs
Odessa, between Primorsky Street and Primorsky Boulevard The Potemkin Staircase Goes Down to the Sea Station 142 m, height 24 meters and consisting of 192 steps. This monument of architecture of the first half of the 19th century is made in the style of classicism. From below, because of the special perspective, it looks even larger and more majestic. From the upper steps of the staircase a wide panorama of the harbor, the seaport and the Odessa Gulf opens.
Is it a joke, a whole garden of sculptures is stretched on the Black Sea coast. Here are collected literary heroes, characters of urban folklore, and the exhibition is replenished with new guests every year. There are no analogues to this garden, and it's senseless to compete with Odessa in this kind of "sport."
Monument to Mikhail Zhvanetsky
"You are Odessa, Misha" - written on the pedestal. The shabby briefcase, the sheets of paper and Zhvanetsky's cunning look are now forever with the southern inhabitants.
The monument to the local pet was opened in 1998 in the sculpture garden of the Literary Museum. By the way, this is the only monument of its kind to a living classic writer. Odessites adore Zhvanetsky - Michal Mikhalych became the personification of the city and his authorized representative for his services.
Address: ul. Langeronovskaya, 2.
Monument to Jose de Ribasu
It is unlikely that the Italian Jose de Ribas, who dreamed of a military career, could assume that in the 18th century he would become one of the founders of Odessa. However, it happened. By order of Catherine II, de Ribas built a port and a city.
He died and was buried in St. Petersburg. Odessa wanted to get his remains, but the Russians refused. But in the city stands a monument to Jose de Ribas - a man without which there would not have been South Palmyra.
Address: st. Deribasovskaya
Monument to Utesov
"There is a city that I see in a dream" - he sang about Utesov about Odessa. Leonid Osipovich became the personification of the city. Grateful residents established a monument to the singer and actor in honor of the celebration of the 206th anniversary of the founding of Odessa. Utesov sits on a bench in the central street of the city. Tourists sit next to him and take pictures for memory.
Address: st. Deribasovskaya
Monument to the "Sailor's Wife"
In Odessa once said: half of Odessa people go to sea, and the other half of them wait at home. Near the Marine Station there is a monument to the "Sailor's Wife". A woman with a child in her arms peers into the distance. The monument is dedicated to the wives of those sailors who fought in the Great Patriotic War. Those who have never waited for the return of their loved ones
Address: Marina of the Maritime Station
Sculpture group "Fisherman Sonia and the Seaman Kostya"
"I will not tell you for the whole of Odessa", "with a terrible creaking shoes "- To quote the song about the fisherman Sonia and the sailor Kostya can be endlessly and with great pleasure. The sculpture group of the same name personifies the heroes of the song of Mark Bernes and shows typical Odessaite.
Address: st. Lanzheronovskaya, 2.
Monument to Pete and Gavriku
Petya and Gavrik - heroes of the novel Valentin Kataev "The solitary sail is white". This monument is perhaps one of the most moving in Odessa. Each of us can present his history of friendship without even knowing the work of a classic.
Address: st. Bunin.