Potemkin Stairs

The Potemkin Stairs, Potemkin Steps, or officially, the Prymorski Stairs, are a giant stairway in Odesa, Ukraine. They are considered a formal entrance into the city from the direction of the sea and are the best known symbol of Odesa.

Photo: Oleksandr Malyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Scenic viewpoint
Description: giant stairway in Odesa, Ukraine
Also known as: “Boulevard a gradini”, “Escala de Potemkin”, “Escalera de Potemkin”, “Escalera Potiomkin”, “Escales de Potemkin”, “escalier Potemkine”, “escalier Richelieu”, “Escalinata Potemkin”, “Gradinata Richelieu”, “Grande Scalinata”, “Odessan portaat”, “Odessatrappan”, “Potemkinin portaat”, “Scalinata Potemkin”, “Бульварная лестница”, “Гигантская лестница”, “Потемкинская лестница”, “Потьомкінські східці”, “Ришельевская лестница”, “Ришельёвская лестница”, “ꯄꯣꯇꯦꯝꯀꯤꯟ ꯁꯤꯔꯤ”, “ꯄꯣꯇꯦꯝꯀꯤꯟ ꯁ꯭ꯇꯦꯔ꯭ꯁ”, “オデッサの階段”, “オデッサ階段”, and “奧德薩階梯”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Odesa National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet and Odesa City Council.

Odesa National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet

Theater building

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The Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre is the oldest theatre in Odesa, Ukraine. The Theatre and the Potemkin Stairs are the most famous edifices in Odesa. Odesa National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet is situated 310 metres south of Potemkin Stairs.

Odesa City Council

Town hall

Photo: Alex Levitsky & Dmitry Shamatazhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Odesa City Hall is the city hall of Odesa, Ukraine, located at the junction of Prymorskyi Boulevard, Teatralnyi Lane and Italiiska Street. It occupies a Neoclassical building, built to a design by Francesco Boffo and Gregorio Toricelli in 1828–34. Odesa City Council is situated 360 metres southeast of Potemkin Stairs.

Odesa Archeological Museum

Museum

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The Odesa Archaeological Museum is one of the oldest archaeological museums in Ukraine. It was founded in 1825; the current museum building was completed in 1883 according to a design by Polish architect Feliks Gąsiorowski. Odesa Archeological Museum is situated 410 metres southeast of Potemkin Stairs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Odesa and Moldavanka.

Odesa

Photo: Alex Levitsky & Dmitry Shamatazhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Odesa, is a seaport on the Black Sea coast of Ukraine. The city is home to over a million people. Its chief attraction to visitors is the graceful old town, laid out on a grid pattern in the early 19th century, with its many churches, galleries and museums.

Moldavanka

Suburb

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Moldavanka is a historical part of Odesa in the Odesa Oblast of southern Ukraine, located jointly in Khadzhybeiskyi and Prymorskyi urban districts. Before 1820 it was a settlement just outside Odesa, which later engulfed it. Moldavanka is situated 2½ km southwest of Potemkin Stairs.