Description of the attraction
Rotunda in Alushta is the most recognizable landmark of the city, which has every right to be called its symbol. This is a landmark for meetings and a place from which the acquaintance of guests of Alushta with the sea begins. The Rotunda, located on the Embankment, can be seen going down to the sea along Oktyabrskaya Street or Gorky Street.
Alushta rotunda with the inscription: "Alushta-resort", consists of 6 columns with the Corinthian order. It was installed in the post-war period (1951), when the embankment was improved after the destruction inflicted on it by the occupation and numerous battles for Alushta.
The initiator of the construction of the rotunda was the engineer of the communal services A. Grizo. His idea was supported by the secretary of the regional executive committee N. Velikanova. Even before the construction of the rotunda, A. Grizo said that it would become a real symbol of the city, in this he was definitely not mistaken. In the difficult post-war years, there was simply no money for such structures. Materials for the manufacture of the rotunda were collected literally from the world on a string for three whole years. According to the stories of local residents who survived the occupation of 1941-1944, the basis of the foundation of the world-famous Alushta rotunda was a fascist anti-landing pillbox.
Initially, the rotunda was crowned with an inscription that literally quoted to all vacationers the article of the USSR Constitution of 1936: "Citizens of the USSR have the right to rest." But later the inscription was changed to "Alushta-resort". A few years later, in the 2000s. the public tried to find a new original slogan for the Crimean resort town, but to no avail. In 2011, during another renovation, a post-Soviet faceless inscription was restored on the rotunda.
