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Top 10 Things to Do in Odesa, Ukraine

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Odesa Opera House, Odesa, Ukraine — Odesa Opera House Guide | Masterpiece Theatre Architecture
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The Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Ukrainian: Одеський національний академічний театр опери та балету, romanized: Odeskyi natsionalnyi akademichnyi teatr opery ta baletu) is the oldest theatre in Odesa, Ukraine. The Theatre and the Potemkin Stairs are the most famous edifices in Odesa.

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Potemkin Stairs, Odesa, Ukraine — Potemkin Stairs Odesa | Iconic Perspective Steps Monument
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The Potemkin Stairs, Potemkin Steps (Ukrainian: Потьомкінські сходи, romanized: Potiomkinski skhody; Russian: Потёмкинская лестница), or officially, the Prymorski Stairs (Ukrainian: Приморські сходи), are a giant stairway in Odesa, Ukraine. They are considered a formal entrance into the city from the direction of the sea and are the best known symbol of Odesa.

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Derybasivska Street, Odesa, Ukraine — Derybasivska Street Odesa | Central Pedestrian Promenade Guide
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Vulytsia Derybasivska (Ukrainian: Дерибасівська) or De Ribas Street is a pedestrian walkway (street) in the heart of Odesa, Ukraine. The street is named after José de Ribas, who was the builder of Odesa, the head of military and civil administration and had a house on this street.

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The Passage Hotel Building, Odesa, Ukraine — The Passage Odesa | Historic Glass-Roof Shopping Arcade
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Odesa Passage (Ukrainian: Пасаж, romanized: Pasazh) is a shopping arcade and a hotel on Derybasivska Street in the centre of Odesa. It has 4 floors.

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Primorsky Boulevard, Odesa, Ukraine — Primorsky Boulevard Odesa | Elegant Seaside Promenade Tour
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Prymorskyi Boulevard (Ukrainian: Приморський бульвар, romanized: Prymorskyi bulvar, lit.  'Seaside Boulevard'), also known by its Russian-language name as Primorsky Boulevard (Russian: Приморский бульвар) is a street located in the Historic Centre of Odesa, Ukraine.

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Odesa City Garden, Odesa, Ukraine — Odesa City Garden | Oldest Public Park Attractions
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Odesa, also spelled Odessa, is the third-most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative centre of the Odesa Raion and Odesa Oblast, as well as a multiethnic cultural centre.

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Odesa Archaeological Museum exterior, Odesa, Ukraine — Odesa Archaeological Museum | Classical Neoclassical Architecture
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The Odesa Archaeological Museum (Ukrainian: Одеський археологічний музей, romanized: Odeskyi arkheolohichnyi muzei) is one of the oldest archaeological museums in Ukraine. It was founded in 1825; the current museum building was completed in 1883 according to a design by Polish architect Feliks Gąsiorowski.

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Odesa Fine Arts Museum exterior, Odesa, Ukraine — Odesa Fine Arts Museum Building | Classicist Potocki Palace
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The Odesa National Fine Arts Museum or Odesa National Art Museum (Ukrainian: Одеський національний художній музей, romanized: Odeskyi natsionalnyi khudozhnii muzei) is one of the principal art galleries of the city of Odesa in Ukraine. Founded in 1899, it occupies the Potocki Palace (Polish pronunciation: [pɔˈtɔt͡skʲi]), itself a monument of early 19th century architecture.

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