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The 142-metre (155 yard) long Potemkin Stairs. Photo from between 1890 and 1900 Potemkin Stairs c. early 20th century. Odesa, perched on a high steppe plateau, needed direct access to the harbor below it. Before the stairs were constructed, winding paths and crude wooden stairs were the only access to the harbor. [1]
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This is a photo of a monument in Ukraine, number: 51-101-1026. Date: 17 May 2006, 20:43:08: ... Potemkin Stairs;
The Odesa [1] National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Ukrainian: Одеський національний академічний театр опери та балету) is the oldest theatre in Odesa, Ukraine. The Theatre and the Potemkin Stairs are the most famous edifices in Odesa. [2]
Odesa's most iconic symbol, the Potemkin Stairs, is a vast staircase that conjures an illusion so that those at the top only see a series of large steps, while at the bottom all the steps appear to merge into one pyramid-shaped mass. The original 200 steps (now reduced to 192) were designed by Italian architect Francesco Boffo and built between ...
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The Dubiecki Manor is an architectural monument located in the village of Vasylivka, Odesa Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine.The manor was built between 1830 and 1854. According to some data, architect Francesco Boffo, famous from his work on the Potemkin Stairs in Odessa, designed the