Potemkin Stairs (Odesa)

Ukraine / Odeska / Odesa
 stairs / steps, interesting place
The Potemkin Stairs is a giant stairway in Odessa, Ukraine. The stairs are considered a formal entrance into the city from the direction of the sea and are the best known symbol of Odessa.
The top step is 12.5 meters (41 feet) wide, and the lowest step is 21.7 meters (70.8 feet) wide. The staircase is 27 meters high, and extends for 142 meters, but it gives the illusion of greater length.
The stairs were so well designed that they create an optical illusion. A person looking down the stairs sees only the landings, and the steps are invisible, but a person looking up sees only steps, and the landings are invisible.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_Stairs
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Coordinates:   46°29'18"N   30°44'31"E

Comments

  • The stairs were made famous in the silent film "Battleship Potemkin" directed by Sergei Eisenstein, a famous Russian film director, in 1925.
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  • Da :)
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