The White Rotunda

What? - White Rotunda

Description

Within the old Poltava fortress on the site of the Podil bastion, a building was erected in 1909 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava, without which the present-day Poltava residents cannot imagine their city - The White Rotunda.

During the WWII, Nazis dismantled the gazebo, setting up an anti-aircraft artillery post in its place. In 1954, the idea of ​​restoring the monument was realized by the chief architect of post-war Poltava Leo Vainhort. A horseshoe-shaped colonnade of eight columns nine meters high reproduced the former Arbor, with the only difference being that the new building was renamed the Rotunda of Friendship for economic reasons.

Today, among most Poltava residents, the building is mentioned under its former historical name - The White Rotunda, which completes the Poltava plateau of Ivanov Hill. From here there is a wonderful view of the Vorskla river valley and part of the city.

Speciality

The building resembles a horseshoe, its edges bent to the Feast of the Assumption Cathedral, placed on columns. The words of the father of new Ukrainian literature, Ivan Kotliarevskyi, from the opera "Natalka Poltavka" are engraved in gold inside the Arbors: "Where there is harmony in the family, where there is peace and quiet, there are happy people, a blessed side."