Ukrainian cuisine restaurant
Tsarske Selo
Restaurant “Tsarske Selo” (Royal Village) is one of the first Kyiv restaurants in the Ukrainian ethnic style.
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Places of interest
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National cuisine restaurant
Buoni Fratelli
Restaurant Buoni Fratelli offers truffles, grilled food, delicious tea of lime and sea-buckthorn. The institution has a “half-open“ kitchen, so guests can watch the cooking process.
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Churches, monasteries, sights of pilgrimage
St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral
St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral was laid in 1108 by Kyiv Prince Sviatopolk Iziaslavich (Christian name Michael), grandson of Yaroslav the Wise, in the centre of the princely St. Demetrius Monastery known from the 11th century.
Other architectural attractions
Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine
The Taras Shevchenko National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Ukraine (arch. V.Schrotter) was built in 1898-1901 in the forms of French Renaissance in place of the burnt down Municipal Theatre.
Other architectural attractions
Taras Shevchenko National University
The Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National University was founded in 1834 as the Imperial University of St. Volodymyr. The motto "Benefit, Honour and Glory” of the Order of St. Volodymyr (instituted in 1782) became the motto of this educational institution.
Churches, monasteries, sights of pilgrimage
St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral
St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral was constructed during 34 years (1862-1896). It was decorated by celebrated painters.
Other architectural attractions
Khreshchatyk Street
Khreshchatyk is one of the shortest (1.23 kilometres) and widest (130 metres) central streets in the world.
Objects of national liberation movement
Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square)
Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) got its present name in 1991 after establishment of Ukraine’s sovereignty.
Churches, monasteries, sights of pilgrimage
St. Alexander’s Kostel
St. Alexander’s Kostel is not only the oldest but also the main Roman Catholic Cathedral in Kyiv.
Churches, monasteries, sights of pilgrimage
St. Nicholas’ Kostel
St. Nicholas’ Kostel, that is a Polish Roman-Catholic Cathedral, was erected in the forms of the medieval French Gothic to the design worked out by S.Volovsky in 1898.
Natural objects and reserves
Volodymyrska Hill
Volodymyrska Hill is the name of the park occupying the territory of 10.6 hectares on the upper and middle terraces of the slopes above the Dnipro River.
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