House with Atlants (Atlas), Odessa , Ukraine
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vraatja
N 46° 29.386 E 030° 44.142
36T E 326225 N 5150957
Famous mansion of Falz-Feins family on Gogol street with two Atlants (Atlas) supporting corner balcony.
Waymark Code: WMA6N4
Location: Ukraine
Date Posted: 11/24/2010
Views: 6
Built over 1900-1901 by architects Lev Vlodek and Symen Landesman as a commercial building, this House belonged to a local aristocratic German family, the Barons von Falz-Fein. After the Revolution in 1917, the building was nationalized, as were other properties of the Falz-Fein family. Still, the barons were able to flee to Europe and the last of their descendants lives in the Duchy of Liechtenstein.
Currently, the original building has become a symbol of Odesa and the sculptural grouping of the Atlanteans is the official symbol of the Worldwide Club of Odesites, whose president is the satirist Mykhailo Zhvanetskiy.
Construction Material: Marble
Is this Atlas?: yes
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