Volodymyrska Hill

Volodymyrska Hill

Volodymyrska Hill or Saint Volodymyr Hill (Ukrainian: “Volodymyrska hirka”, Russian: Влади́мирская горка, Vladimirskaya gorka) is a large 10.6 hectares (0.106 km) park located on the steep right-bank of the Dnipro River in central Kiev (Kyiv), the capital of Ukraine. Its most famous and prominent landmark is the monument to St. Volodymyr of Kiev. The monument, with its prominent location and overlooking the scenic panorama of the left-bank of Kiev, has since become one of the symbols of Kiev, often depicted in paintings and photographic works of the city.

Volodymyrska Hill park was established in the mid-19th century, its name reflecting the monument to St. Volodymyr of Kiev which was erected in 1853 in the park.

Volodymyrska Hill originally only referred to a park located at the highest and middle terraces of the historic St. Michael’s Hill, which was named after St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral and Monastery. However, the name “St. Michael’s Hill” went into decline after destruction of the cathedral and the renaming of local streets by the Soviet regime in the 1930s.
Construction of the terraces as they appear today started in the 1840s. Volodymyrska Hill park became the first free-of-charge public park in Kiev

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