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House with Chimaeras (Ukrainian: Будинок з химерами, Budynok z khymeramy) or Horodetsky House (named for Władysław Horodecki) is an Art Nouveau building located in the historic Lypky neighborhood of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
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The famous Polish-Ukrainian architect Wladyslaw Horodecki(Владисла́в Городе́цький) built the House with Chimaeras and, given the complexity of the project, its construction was quick, starting in 1901 and finished in 1903. In those days, the house was stunning not only in terms of its appearance but also through its use of innovative technologies. ...
The house inside is even more impressive than the outside. Each floor was considered to be a separate apartment. Each apartment had 8-10 rooms though this does not take into account another 2-3 rooms for servants. Although the price of rent was quite high, rich people have always wanted to live in the House with Chimaeras. By the way, Horodecki was...
Rumors and legends, of course, are in the air of the unusual building with a gloomy atmosphere. It seems that people did everything to make the building even more mysterious. One of the most famous rumors – Horodecki built a “terrible house” as a sign of grief over the loss of his daughter, who drowned in the Dnipro River from unrequited love. Henc...
Since 2005, the House with Chimaeras has been the Small Residence of the President of Ukraine. Here four of Ukrainian Presidents have held negotiations and official meetings with high-ranking guests from other countries. Currently, you can not visit the building. Before the war, The Museum of Kyiv Historyused to offer tours of the building on Satur...
House with Chimeras was built by the architect Wladyslaw Horodecki in 1901-1902. In addition to architecture, Horodecki loved hunting, perhaps, that’s why he used so many sculptures of animals in his works. The building was constructed on a steep slope.
Jul 31, 2013 · 310. Created in 1902 by Vladislav Gorodetsky, an avid hunter, the animal-covered building was meant to be his living quarters, but Gorodetsky soon had to vacate the building due to money...
In 1901-1903 popular and spectacular Kiev architect Vladislav Gorodezhkii put up a private house that is known as a House with Chimeras. Inside and outside the building is decorated with quaint and sometimes even freakish sculptures, including maidens on fantastic fishes, elephants, rhinoceroses, antelopes, frogs, lizards, eagles, snakes and ...
Mar 1, 2022 · Kyiv’s Gorodetsky House, also known as House with Chimeras, seen here in 2012, is a prominent architectural symbol of the Ukrainian capital. In 1903, an architect by the name of Vladislav...
According to the first legend, Gorodetsky built this house in memory of his daughter, who committed suicide by throwing herself into the waters of the Dnieper, either because of a family quarrel or because of unhappy love, which is why there are so many marine motifs in the design.
