Thursday, February 26, 2009, 6:04 PM  Printable version

Square of Lovers

Square of Lovers near the Drama Theatre. The Sverdlovsk Government Building and Hyatt Regency Yekaterinburg (right).

The Square of Lovers is at the waterfront, next to the Drama Theater.

An impressive fountain has a huge stone ball right in the center. Although this square impudently borrowed the name of the world famous Italian square, it has the flavor and romantic atmosphere of the latter.

The post-perestroika decade was marked with major reconstructions that resulted in a fundamental transformation of the whole image of the city. Square of Lovers ranks among the most successful projects.

Today, it attracts lovers and skateboarders.

Directions: Oktyabrskaya ploshchad (Октябрьская площадь).
Subway/Metro: Ploshсhad Tysyacha Devyatsot Pyatogo Goda (Square of 1905, “Площадь 1905 года”)


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