Description of the attraction
The city garden of Mariupol was founded in the 63rd year of the 19th century on a high hill. The choice fell on this place because numerous fruit trees grew here. The park has gone through two main stages in its development. The first is the stage of tree planting, the second is the creation of a vast landscape park area.
In the year 89 of the 19th century, at the request of the city council, the famous Mariupol gardener and public figure Georgy Georgievich Psalti carried out a complete and radical redevelopment in the garden. In 1910, after the installation of the water supply system, the park acquired a fountain. The city garden was open for "rest and various amusements of the most respectable Mariupol public," as advertisements posted on the streets reported at the time.
At various times the garden was visited by A. I. Kuindzhi and A. S. Serafimovich, K. F. Bogaevsky and A. S. Novikov-Priboy. And the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich, who visited Mariupol in 1872, even planted two trees with his own hands in the city garden.
On the territory of the city garden there are several monuments to the soldiers who died during the Civil War and the Great Patriotic War. On the territory of the garden there are a number of cultural objects: a summer cinema, palaces of sports and children's and youth's creativity, a playground, etc. Also, the constant attention of the townspeople and guests is attracted by the attractions located in the city garden. Among them are the "Meeting Wheel", "Ferris Wheel", "Merry Hills", "Sun", "Boats" and a shooting gallery. The city garden is the central city park of culture and recreation of Mariupol.
