Khreshchatyi Park
Park-monument of landscape art in Kyiv, Ukraine
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Khreshchatyi Park (Ukrainian: Хрещатий парк) is a city park in Kyiv, located next to the European Square, on right-bank slopes of the Dnipro and along the Saint Volodymyr Descent. It covers area of 11.8 ha (29 acres).
| Khreshchatyi Park | |
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| Хрещатий парк | |
View onto the park from Volodymyrska Hill | |
 Interactive map of Khreshchatyi Park | |
| Type | public park |
| Location | Shevchenko Raion, Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 50.4531°N 30.5314°E |
| Area | 11.8 hectares (29 acres) |
| Created | 1743 |
Since 2019, a glass pedestrian bridge has connected the park with Volodymyr Hill.[1]
Visitor's attractions and landmarks
- National Philharmonic of Ukraine
- National Parliamentary Library of Ukraine
- Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People
- Monument to the Magdeburg Rights
- Monument to Mikhail Glinka
- Kyiv Water Museum (Water information center)
- Kyiv State Puppets Theater (previously the Dnipro Stereo-Cinema Theater)
Former landmarks
- Monument to Alexander II of Russia (replaced with Joseph Stalin)
- Monument to Grigory Petrovsky
Gallery
Puppets Theater
Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People
Water tower (Museum of Water)
Water tower (Museum of Water)
Arch to the Magdeburg Right's Monument
Glinka Monument
