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Kyiv architecture: buildings worth seeing Podilskyi district

Mansions, apartment houses and landmarks behind some of the city's most fascinating stories.

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Architecture · PodilskyiRichard the Lionheart's CastleA Gothic Revival "castle" of towers and battlements halfway up Andriivskyi Uzviz: a 1902–1904 apartment house wrapped in legends about stolen drawings, howling walls and a knight-king from Viktor Nekrasov's childhood games.
Architecture · PodilskyiSamson Fountain in Podil: Kyiv's Legendary Sacred SpringThe Samson Fountain in Kyiv's Podil: legends of a sacred spring, the city's first water supply, its demolition in 1934 and its recreation in 1982.
Architecture · PodilskyiKyiv FunicularA cable railway of 1905 that lifts you from Poshtova Square to Volodymyrska Hill in three minutes: part of the city transport network and the quickest way from Podil to the Upper Town.