Independence Monument, Kyiv

Independence Monument is a victory column located on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kyiv and is commemorated to the Independence of Ukraine.[1]

Independence Monument
Statue of Berehynia

Stylistically it presents a mix of Ukrainian Baroque and Empire style. The monument was built in a compositional center of the square to the 10th Anniversary of the independence of Ukraine in 2001. The monument itself is a column with a figurine of a woman (Berehynia) with guelder-rose branch in her hand. The height of the monument is 61 m (200 ft).[2]

The column is faced with white Italian marble that stands on a pedestal in the form of a Christian temple of Ukrainian Baroque and weighs 20 tonnes.

See also

References
  1. "The Ukraine's Independence Monument". IGotoWorld.com. IGotoWorld.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  2. "Монумент Незалежності". Kievtown.net. Kievtown.net. 30 April 2015. Archived from the original on 30 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • at Kievtown.net

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