Lypky is the de facto government quarter of Ukraine hosting the buildings of Parliament, Presidential Administration and Government. Lypky became known only recently since the 19th century. During that time, it already became known as an elite district. Many houses here were built by German architects in the Art Nouveau style. On this tour, visit the Alley of Heavenly Hundred Heroes, dedicated to the Revolution of Dignity, Horodetskyi Street, with buildings in the Art Nouveau style, the Ivan Franko Theatre, the famous House with Chimeras, Lyuteranska Street, where the German community lived and where the Lutheran church is located.
This is the main square of the country, which became the epicentre of events during the three revolutions.
The house was built by Vladislaw Horodecki, a Kyiv architect-romanticist, as a rental property, and today is known as The House with Chimeras. The house sands on a steep slope, and has three-story a cellar as viewed from the street side, and six-story from the opposite side. Its attractive appearance is primarily due to its concrete decorations depicting elephants, rhinoceros, antelopes, lizards, mythological nymphs astride fishes ect.
The ensemble of the National Bank of Ukraine has been the financial centre of Kyiv since olden times. At first, the office the office of the State Bank occupied a Classicism-styled two-story house. Later, a new two-story building was erected on its right.
You will make your own way to the meeting points
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