Those who see beautiful and interesting places in Penza will be able to discover this city from a completely different side.
Unusual sights of Penza
- Pugachev's memorial stone: a stone (a metal plaque with an engraved image of the entry into the city of a horse army led by the famous rebel is attached) was installed on the site where the house stood in which Emelyan Pugachev stayed with his army in 1774.
- Traffic light tree: this art object consists of 36 used traffic lights, which are lit on holidays and weekends after dark.
- Monument "Globe": according to reviews, the uniqueness of the monument, embodying the globe, lies in the fact that once a day the "Globe" makes 1 revolution around its axis, and is also equipped with a musical accompaniment (at 7 am the townspeople are awakened by a cock crow at one o'clock - a song about friendship sounds, and at midnight - the Russian anthem).
What interesting places to visit in Penza?
It will be interesting for travelers to visit the museum of one painting (it differs in the absence of a permanent exhibition; tourists are offered to watch a slide film on one canvas, as well as listen to a story about the creation of the painting, the work and life of the artist who wrote it) and the Museum of Folk Art (the exposition contains pottery works, "Carpet applique", clay toys, forged, wicker and carved wood products).
Knitted alley (the trees growing there are “dressed up” in colored yarn by city craftswomen) and the Piggy Bank of Proverbs square (here you will be able to find a sculpture with pictures from life and instructive inscriptions depicted on it, as well as take photographs background).
The City Zoo is a place worth visiting for all guests of Penza, regardless of age. Here you will be able to watch tigers, raccoons, camels, deer, lemurs, Japanese macaques, pelicans, mountain geese, steppe eagles, herons and other animals and birds, as well as ride a pony and visit a souvenir shop. Well, for young guests in the zoo there is a trampoline and a playground.
As for the Belinsky Park, residents and guests of Penza rush there for the sake of the Room of Laughter, the Kangaroo trampoline, the interactive and shooting gallery “Merry Journey”, an auto track, a swimming pool with boats, attractions “Saturn”, “Orbit”, “Retro”, “Astronaut”,“Emelya”,“Zodiac”and others. In addition, environmental education, literary and concert programs are often organized in the park. And children will be delighted with the trampoline complex “Island of Childhood”, carousels “Jung”, “Bell”, “Sunny World”, “Flight”, “Rally”.
