Behind Teschin Bridge, at the beginning of Zhvanetsky Boulevard, there is a monument to an orange that saved the city. This is a real historical anecdote: Catherine II issued May 27, 1794, a decree on the erection of a merchant port in Odessa, but during the life of the Empress he was not implemented. Paul I wanted to cancel her decree because of too much financial expenditure. The city rescued de Ribas, who knew the special love of Paul I for oranges: bringing his beloved product to the tsar, he secured 250,000 rubles in gold for the construction of the port and the development of Odessa.

The monument is an orange on the pedestal. From one half the skin is removed and several lobules are removed: instead of them, the figure of the Russian Emperor Paul I is inserted inside the orange. Three horses are harnessed to the orange, it is mounted on the cart wheels, which symbolizes the transportation of oranges from Odessa to Petersburg. At the top of the sculptural composition are the most famous buildings of Odessa: the Transfiguration Cathedral, the Colonnade of the Vorontsov Palace, the Opera House

Monument to orange that saved Odessa

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Evaluation 10

Amazing and unique monuments of Odessa July 30, 2014

Yana

b Were here in April 2013

On the Boulevard of Arts in Odessa there are many entertaining sculptures, but the most bizarre can be called a monument to Orange in the form of a cart. To fully understand the significance of this sculptural composition, a granite slab with text is installed below, half in Russian and half in Ukrainian. The inscription says that in 1800 Odessa was in disgrace with Paul I, but when city residents sent the emperor as a gift of three thousand Greek oranges, the sovereign relented and sent a large sum of money ... Read the full review