Odessa Gallery

The Primorsky Boulevard

The Primorsky Boulevard is a shady seaside promenade with many historic landmarks and interesting monuments. Shady platens and chestnut trees, numerous benches and magnificent sea view make the Primorsky Boulevard irresistible both for tourists and Odessits. People coming here stay for hours — gazing at the Sea Port full of ships, boats and yachts, enjoying shade and sea breeze.

The architectural ensemble of Primorsky Boulevard attests to the high standards of Odessa architects. Designed as the compositional pivot of the city, the Boulevard runs along the sea line. The Boulevard is a half a kilometer (500 meters) and follows the contours of the steep cliff that it is built upon. The middle section of the Boulevard is occupied by the semi-circular square with the monument to A.E.Richelieu in the centre. The architectural rhythm of Primorsky Boulevard, enhanced by horizontal terraces, is interrupted by the vertical line of the grandiose stairs terraces which were given the name of Potemkin. At the west end of the Boulevard is Count Vorontsov Palace and a Grecian Colonnade which overlooks the harbor and also provides a fine view of the bay. It ends, to the south, on the Pushkin place in front of the City Council.

Four rows of Linden, maples, limes, and horse chestnut trees (also known as Buckeye trees) line the boulevard. In the late spring, horse chestnut trees bloom in beautiful candle-like white cones. In the autumn passerby's collect the shiny chestnuts.

This Boulevard is one of the most picturesque areas in Odessa.

• The Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater
• The Primorsky Boulevard
• Deribasovskaya Street
• The Potemkin Stairs
• City Council
• The Duke de Richelieu Monument
• The Odessa Archeological Museum
• Laocoon
• The Cannon
• The Odessa Sea Port
• The Leonid Utesov Monument
• «12 chairs» Monument
• Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral
• The Pushkin Monument
• The Count Vorontsov Palace and the Colonnade