Отзывы - Архитектурные достопримечательности Дом с химерами

This building was built by Gorodetsky in the begining of the 20th century. We were luky to see it in a person!

As has been noted, the street is cordoned off because of security measures. You can glimpse it down the street, or loop around to the theater/park below and get a shot from behind. I attach the one we made. It gives an idea of the decorations.

Unfortunately now you can only see one little corner of the building as the area is gated and guarded. I've heard the building is gorgeous, so maybe I will return someday - I've heard the president may move to another building in the future, so maybe it will become accessible.

The Art Nouveau 'House with Chimeras' is considered one of the most interesting sights in Kiev, but since it is so close to the Presidential Administration Building it is nowadays difficult to get close to it. To see the unique protrusions from the walls and the roof one best takes along binoculars.Not all these gargoyle-type decorative elements are 'chimeras', thus some kind of monsters, but there are antelopes, elephants or rhinos to be seen as well. This has to do with the fact that the architect Wladyslaw Horodecki - sometimes compared to Catalonia's Antoni Gaudi - was also known as a big game hunter.If one wants to see more by this Polish architect there are other, maybe less bizarre buildings by him in Kiev. I got the opportunity to look at the now closed Kenasa (a type of synagogue) for the small turco-judaic Crimean minority of the Karaites. Here binoculars are not needed.

Strange and strangely beautiful with figures (gargoyles?) built on every side, imagery, with plenty of legends explaining each of them.

Ce bâtiment est très proche des bureaux du Président de l'Ukraine, il n'y a pas de visites "libres", il sert pour des réceptions officielles actuellement. Les amateurs d'architecture "art nouveau" l'apprécieront, c'est une curiosité originale, même si préfère quant à moi aller voir la très jolie statue de son architecte-concepteur, Gorodetsy, que vous trouverez sur un trottoir de la rue piétonne "Le Passage", perpendiculaire à l'avenue Khreshchatyk.

Что за бред то такой ограждать от людей целую улицу?!?! Хорошо солдат объяснил, как посмотреть это сзади...сзади смотреть это не стоит. Вообщем не ходите

Нашли быстро. Прогулялись вокруг, насколько было возможно. Своеобразный дом со сползающими растениями, фигурами химер. Вечером наверное страшноватый)

Самая интересная архитектура Киева начала 20 века. Отличный экскурсовод. Т.к. это действующая резиденция Президента Украины, здание используется для приемов и пресс-конференций, является одним из трёх таких зданий, то записываться пришлось за 3 месяца. Вход по записи и по паспорту. Ходила с коллегами-риелторами, вдвойне понравилось. Советую посетить с хорошей компанией.

They used to take money for letting you in. Fine. But now you have to sign up online like 3-4 months ahead, provide all your info - passport, scn, full name, phone number, email, etc.Quite dissapointed.

I had read about it and tried to get there. The free walking tour took us as close as possilbe. It is not possible to get anywhere near any longer. You can see on the photo that we were alted far away by the presidential guards.

Дом с химерами я долго искала, никак не могла найти. Пришлось прокладывать путь с помощью навигатора. Внутрь дома с Химерами я конечно не попала, но снаружи он смотрится просто потрясающе! Весь украшен необыкновенной лепниной, рассматривать которую можно часами.