Hello, my dearest friends! Today it is difficult to imagine the capital of Kuban without its famous arc de Triomphe, and in fact it has not been so many years since when the townspeople did not know exactly where it was originally a landmark building.
More than a century ago, Ekaterinodar was going to meet Alexander III, then the merchant class decided to mark this event with the construction of the "Royal gate" - the triumphal arch (with icons of Alexander Nevsky and Catherine the great Martyr).
Citizens believed that it was on this road and will follow the Royal motorcade. Initially, the arch stood in the way of the guests from the railway station to Krasnaya street, and everyone who entered the city through the "Royal gate" felt triumphant :-)
The arch was built by architect Vasily Andreevich Filippov, in the same year was completed the construction of a railway that connected the South of the Russian Empire-Saint Petersburg.
Today it is a favorite place for citizens and guests of the Kuban capital. The height of the arch-12 meters, length-18 meters, and in width it reaches-3 meters.
Architect Filippov built the arch in the form of trehtsentrovye "creeping" of the arches was surmounted by a headdress, canted and hipped roofs.
However, in 1928 the original arch was decided to be demolished, due to the fact that it interfered with the passage of trams (although they had been under it for 40 years). And only 80 years later it was restored.
The new building has arisen on the beautiful Boulevard along the street red.
Today, this place on the background of the monument of St. Catherine looks even more beautiful.
But the workers had a bit difficult. They needed to collect this or that detail on the ground, and only after the approval of the architect-restovrator to build it already on the arch.
It's always full of tourists. Children play, have fun near the wonderful fountains, take pictures, have fun.
Everywhere broken flower beds, all in flowers.
The whole territory of the Park and the monument of St. Catherine are fenced with openwork wrought-iron bars.
The monument is a tribute to the city to its patroness. After all, according to one version, the city was named in her honor, not in honor of the great Empress.
The sculpture rises above a kind of rotunda in the form of a bell, inside which the Golden figures of angels are placed.
The monument is made on the draft Metropolitan sculptors Darya Uspensky and Vitaly Sanova.
We managed to make a shot with a soaring dove on the background of this 8-meter composition.
Catherine's head is decorated with a crown, and above the right hand you can see the Orthodox cross, which burns brightly in the sun.
Under the dome of the bell there is such a stamping with a memorable date.
There are a lot of colors.
Wonderful dahlias decorate the square and green lawns.
Opposite is a large apartment complex there are a variety of signs for tourists.
Special equipment was installed in the fountain system, which allowed residents to adjust the illumination of the jets with the help of a mobile phone application.
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