Mechnikova Square

Mechnikova Square is a park in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. Mechnikova Square is situated nearby to Post office № 29, as well as near the college Автодорожній коледж.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Odesa Fine Arts Museum and Odesa National Scientific Library.

Odesa Fine Arts Museum

Museum

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The Odesa National Fine Arts Museum or Odesa National Art Museum is one of the principal art galleries of the city of Odesa in Ukraine. Founded in 1899, it occupies the Potocki Palace, itself a monument of early 19th century architecture. Odesa Fine Arts Museum is situated 1 km northeast of Mechnikova Square.

Odesa National Scientific Library

Library

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The Odesa National Scientific Library is a public library established in 1829 in Odesa, Ukraine. The library moved to its current location in 1907, into a new building designed by architect Fyodor Nesturkh in neo-Greek style. Odesa National Scientific Library is situated 650 metres east of Mechnikova Square.

Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral

Church

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The Transfiguration Cathedral is the Orthodox Cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine, dedicated to the Transfiguration of Jesus and belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral is situated 1¼ km southeast of Mechnikova Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moldavanka and Odesa.

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.

Odesa

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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.