SIGHTSEEING TOURS, EXCURSIONS IN EVPATORIA, UKRAINE. YEVPATORIYA TOURISM AND TRAVELS
The grand orthodox temple named after sacred Nikolay has been laid on July, 11, 1893 in memory of liberation of Evpatoria from Anglo-Turkish armies during the Crimean war. The author of the project was A.I.Bernardatstsi. The temple is raised in the Byzantian with huge central dome. Simultaneously the cathedral can contain about 2000 person. A temple is working.
Mosque Dzhuma-Dzhami is a monument of medieval Muslim architecture. It is a cathedral Friday mosque in Evpatoria, the main mosque of city. Also thy named a mosque “khan” - there a ceremonial of spiritual dedication in khan has been hold. Mosque Dzhuma-Dzhami has been building more than one year because of some factors. The first factor was that Hodzhe Sinau besides Dzhuma-Dzhami built a mosque in Istanbul, and the second factor was the war with Ivan Grozny that needed all money from treasury. The mosque repeatedly was exposed to restoration after various attacks and earthquakes. And during Soviet Union the mosque also has been closed at all, and only in 1990 it was again opened for believers, in a mosque have renewed public prayers, in the summer for having a rest it is possible to take excursions in the mosque. Khan-Dzhami is the biggest mosque in Crimea (height of the central hall is 22 m, height of minarets is 35 ì).
In Evpatoria there is a unique monument of architecture of XV century - a monastery of begging monks of Muslim creed, tekke of dervishes. It is the unique monument of a similar kind that has been kept up to now in a photogenic kind on the territory of the former USSR. The complex will consist of three buildings: actually tekke, mosques and madrasah. Tekke differs with simplicity of the monumental forms, absence of ornaments on facades and inside. From the West to tekke a small mosque Shukurala Efendi has been attached, now only walls remind about it. Near to of the mosque the building of madrasah is located, in which after restoration works the museum of the Crimean-Tatar culture is located. Having existed 300 years, during persecutions on religion in 1930th years tekke has been closed and was used as a warehouse of the Black Sea fleet for long time. During last years in a building of tekke have been repaired, but high-grade restoration till now is not made.
Medieval Turkish bath is located of Krasnoarmeyskaya Street, 20. The Turkish bath is one of unique sights of Evpatoria; it exists and works since the Middle Ages. The name of the builder of this bath is not known. The architecture of a bath differs with simplicity of forms and grace. Above a waiting room the high dome towered. On the architecture the Turkish bath in Evpatoria is close to shape to a bath of Solomon in Kefe. The Turkish bath worked almost500 years. In 1987 inhabitants of the Soviet Evpatoria could be washed here too. However in the beginning 90th the building has been closed for repair then from walls and a floor the unique marble has disappeared. Unfortunately, this sight of Evpatoria is semidecidable. About two years ago patronage over the Turkish baths public organization "Vselennaya" has taken. Only at the first stage of restoration from an ancient building 15 lorries of dust have been taken out. Face lifting recently has come to the end, and today studies of local lore excursions here are conducted. In Evpatoria a study of local lore museum a wooden sculpture is kept. It decorated an entrance in a female half oh the Turkish bath.
Qanats are a unique object in Evpatoria, involving a lot of tourists with its history. Since the Middle Ages it is known for the huge extent. These tunnels and galleries were created for hundreds years as a result of extraction of a stone in underground rocks. This stone subsequently was used at construction of fortresses of ancient Kerkintida and medieval Kezlev. Huge kilometers of labyrinths, long recreations and twisting corridors, the narrowest here and there were sources of moisture long time ago though more often such galleries accepted as underground courses and shelter for protection from attacks. Actually êÿðèçû is a waterpipe from potter's pipes, it some kind of medieval system of water supply. They have been widespread across all Anatolia. Certainly, such organization of medieval system of water supply is unique and shows a high level of development of culture; in fact subsoil waters are considered as the purest from influence of the atmospheric phenomena and vital functions of human beings and animals. In a case of siege such way of water supply allowed to the townspeople to show rather long resistance.
Evpatoria is unique city in Ukraine where are located working Karaites Kenesas. It not only a working temple, but also unique excursions object, that is located on Karaimskaya Street, 68. Crimean Karaites is one of the most unique nations on the planet (and the smallest). The have started to build Kenesas in 1803, on a place of the first Karaites temple in Evpatoria. The complex consists of a building of a Big (Cathedral) and Small (Kenesa).
St. Nicholas' Church in Evpatoria has been founded in 1893ã. The cathedral constructed in massive Byzantian style began one of the main sights of the city. Inside the cathedral also was majestic, as well as outside. The iconostasis has been executed by known Florentine carver Vannuki. The new temple has been built as a monument in honor of libiration of Crimea and Evpatoria from Anglo-Franco-Turkish armies during the Crimean war of 1854-1856. For five and a half of year the project of architect Bernardatstsi and engineer Gerineka with active participation of the first dean Jacob Chepurin has been realized. The temple - in the name of St. Nikolas Chudotvorts, the patron of seafarers and dealers, - has been solemnly consecrated in the February, 16 1899. The cathedral was visited by emperor of Russia Nicolay II with family in 1916. In the February, 14 1999, celebrations of the 100-anniversary of consecration of a temple have taken place.
The temple of St. Ilii is the Greek Church consecrated in the name of sacred prophet Ilii. It is located on the quay of Evpatoria and belongs to the Simferopol and Crimean diocese of the Moscow patriarchy. The temple has been built in 1911 - 1918 by the city architect A.L. Henrih. The Greek Church is looked severely: smooth stone darkish walls, large laconic details of decoration of facades. In the plan a temple traditionally is crosswise, focused on the four sides of the world. Above an entrance a belfry is located; the building is topped with one dome on a cut drum. The temple of St. Ilii, together with mosque Dzhuma-Dzhami and the St. Nicholas' Church is included into number of three most significant architectural dominants of city, their dome are the essential and most expressive part of a view on Evpatoria from the sea.
