Long-awaited Wednesday Walk. The Saint Andrew's Church, Kyiv, Ukraine

The church designed by the Italian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli, and constructed in 1747 - 1754.

Here are those stairs in color:

The church stands on the top of a hill. Most of the time the church and the viewing place around it were closed. On that day they open access to a viewing platform where one can observe picturesque neighborhoods.

Name "Podil" means the bottom of something. As you can see, it was the lowest area in an old Kyiv.

And here you can see something worth to be mentioned. A Podil Bridge.

It is rusted, but it is not old at all. In fact, Kyiv is a city with almost 3 million of citizens, and it faces a lack of bridges every day. There are only 4 bridges for vehicles (and 1 more railway bridge).

So, we all had great expectations on this new bridge when its construction was started 15 years ago, in 2003. Now it is another symbol that the city can't be proud of - the symbol of terrible corruption.

It is now one of the most expensive bridges in the world.

Can you believe it? So far, it has already consumed 4 bln of local currency, and the whole construction's estimated cost is $430 million. Do you still believe that Ukraine is a poor country? I'd say noone can guess would it be finished one day, and when.

But enough of sad things. Let's back to the hill. In the middle of it there is a nice alley with art market. To be honest, from the top of Andriivs'kyi descent that starts from the church, it is all a touristic area with restaurants, coffee bars, art shops and galleries, for any taste and budget. Every salesman here speak English, but be carefull, "all that glitters is not gold", I mean that not all that is declared to be made in Ukraine, is really made here.

And the last one is of me and the cityscape just to say Good Bye!

Special thanks to @elizacheng and @tattoodjay for collaboration and support!

Regards,
@zirochka

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