Taras Shevchenko Park of Culture and Recreation is in the centre of

Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrati ...

. It is located in the central part of the city. It carries the name of

Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukrainian poet, wr ...

since 1954.

History

After the conquest of Khadzhibey in 1795, certain fortifications existed near Cape Langeron. Among these was the Odesa fortress, which constituted part of the so-called the Dniester Defensive Line, while located in the center of Odesa fortress was the Saint Andrew bastion. Following the

Russo-Turkish War The Russo-Turkish wars (or Ottoman–Russian wars) were a series of twelve wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 20th centuries. It was one of the longest series of military conflicts in European histo ...

in 1811, the fortress was reorganized into a port side quarantine, and within the fortress a quarantine cemetery was established. On city maps of the middle 19th century the area of quarantine was then known as "Serf's Garden." In 1840, according to the plans of Italian architect

Francesco Boffo Francesco Carlo Boffo (Cyrillic: Франц Карлович Боффо; 8 September 1796 – Kherson, Cherson, 10 November 1867) was a Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical architect who designed more than 30 buildings in Odessa between 1818 a ...

, this quarantine area was transformed into a garden. During this time the garden belonged to a military agency rather than city itself. The park was officially opened on 7 September 1875 and on 10 September was named the "Alexander Park" after Alexander II of Russia himself had visited Odesa and planted an oak tree during the park's opening ceremony. In 1936 the Stadium of Koscior, today known as the Chornomorets Stadium, was built.

Major landmarks

* Monument to Alexander II of Russia * Monument to Taras Shevchenko * Chornomorets Stadium * Alley of Glory (with Monument to the Unknown Sailor) * Quarantine arches * Ruins of the "Green Theatre" * Special summer pavilion of tramway stop (park's administration) * Langeron mansion gateway

External links

Shevchenko Park
at the Odesa city official website.
Park
at the city municipal website {{coord, 46.4789, N, 30.7533, E, source:wikidata, display=title Tourist attractions in Odesa Parks and gardens in Odesa