Active cultivation of the right bank embankment began after the First World War. Now it is called “Independence”. In 1928 the Czech botanists have collected and planted there different varieties of linden, so that avenue blooms all summer. Linden alley – is a monument of landscape art of local importance in Ukraine. It is run by the Uzhgorod municipality. Its area is 1 ha. Alley is located on the right bank of the river Uzh and has a length of 2.2 km., accounts approximately 300 lindens planted in two rows. Park-monument of landscape art “Parterre Square” is located near the western part of the alley and natural monument “Masaryk’s Yasen” is located close to the eastern part. Today this linden alley is the longest in Europe and the third longest in the world.
