Embankment of Yalta is also one of the oldest streets in the city. This beautiful street runs through much of length of the city along Yalta harbor with many ships, yachts and other vessels. Embankment of Yalta is the busiest part of Yalta in the evenings since it has all the best restaurants, cafes and bars. Cable car station is also situated here. It can take tourists to the top of hill Darsan that reaches an elevation of 110 metres above sea level. From its summit you can view the whole city of Yalta below. Not far from a cable car you can visit hotel "Tauris" that was constructed in 1875. It was the largest and most comfortable in the city at the time. It was visited famous Russian poet N.A. Nekrasov, composer Mussorgsky, A.P. Chekhov, V.V. Mayakovsky and many others.
The Western part of Yalta Embankment starts as you cross Uchan Su river. Here you can see 500 year old tree that served as a meeting place between famous Russian poet Sergey Esenin and his future wife American dancer Isadora Duncan. Although both later divorced and died under tragic circumstances their tree is still alive and growing.
Major advantage of Central Promenade is that it is cleaned every single day so despite numerous tourists it is in good appearance. Additionally it serves as a center stage for many street musicians who come and play here. If you see a large crowd around a person who reads something don't be surprised. He is neither a preacher, nor a politician. He or she is probably reading poetry to his viewers. It is probably one of the few places where you can see so many people drawn to literally expression. On the down side of Yalta Embankment we have to note large number of smoking people. Even though it is an open space and sea breeze is quiet pleasant second hand smoke can be quiet annoying. Ironically one of the best places to escape it is by visiting a restaurant that doesn't allow its visitors to smoke inside.
Embankment history
In 1837 the poet
V.A.Zhukovsky found the only building there - the customs.
In
1842-1844, under the leadership of the architect K.I.Gonyaev, the
embankment was improved. The RGIA keeps a document "On rewarding the
civil engineer Gonyaev for the construction of the Naberezhnaya in
Yalta".
Until 1886, the embankment was an ordinary coastal
strip. Then, according to the project of A. L. Berthier-Delagarde
and N. M. Shevtsov, it was raised, reinforced with stone blocks and
surrounded by metal railing, which created the illusion of a ship's
side. To protect the base of the embankment from storms in 1961, it
was made two-stage.
sights
On the Embankment there are the
buildings of the General Post Office, the International Maritime
Club and the construction of attractions. There is also a monument
to V.I.Lenin. From the middle of the Embankment, near the berths for
motor ships of local lines and pleasure boats, the cable car begins,
which leads to the Darsan hill.
Near the lower station of the
cable car is the building of the hotel "Tavrida" (former "Russia",
Naberezhnaya, 13). It was built in 1875 and for a long time was the
largest and most comfortable in Yalta. In 1876, the seriously ill
N.A.Nekrasov lived in the hotel for about two months. Here he not
only received treatment, but also worked on the poem "Who Lives Well
in Russia." A significant number of famous names are mentioned on
the memorial plaque of the hotel. The building is also interesting
for its architecture and engineering solutions (reconstructed at the
beginning of the 21st century).
In the western part of the
embankment there is a building in the form of an ancient Greek ship
- the restaurant "Apelsin". Opposite it with a huge spherical crown
stands out Isadora Duncan's plane tree, ruhy which, according to
legend, is at least 500 years old.
In its westernmost part,
the embankment crosses the Uchan-Su River, on which the exhibition
hall of the Union of Artists is built.
On September 29, 2009,
a chapel was consecrated in honor of the Cathedral of the New
Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, the construction of which began on
the Yalta Embankment back in 2007.
Near the Jubilee Concert
Hall there are monuments to Alexander Shirvindt's pipe, Arkady
Arkanov's vest, Clara Novikova's hat and Joseph Kobzon's microphone.
Embankment in culture
Yalta Embankment is the scene of many
works of art and mass culture. Among these works, the most famous
are the famous story by A. P. Chekhov "The Lady with the Dog" and
the film by S. A. Solovyov "Assa".