Natural landscapes and monuments of Uzhgorod

Uzhgorod is located at an altitude of about 120 meters above sea level at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains on the river Uzh. The area of the city is 41.56 km². It strenches...

Linden Alley (Independence Embankment)

Linden alley is a park-monument of artistic landscaping of local importance in Ukraine. In 1928 Czech botanists collected and planted different varieties of linden tree here, which is why the alley blooms all throughout...

Orthodox Embankment (Alley of chestnut and sakura trees)

Located on the left bank of the city (the “New Town”), the first written record of this area dates back to 1631. This part of town has developed slowly, as it always suffered from...

President Tomas Masaryk Park

This park was named after Tomas Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia (1918-1935). On March 23, 2002, a monument to President Masaryk was erected in the middle of the square. In the park you...

Laudon Arboretum

Uzhgorod’s Laudon arboretum was founded in 1886 and is named in honor of its founder, Ishtvan Laudon, a professor of the Uzhgorod gymnasium. The park contains about 20 species of trees. Here you’ll find...

Rock Garden

Uzhgorod’s rock garden is a small analogue of Kyiv’s Volodymyr Hill. The rock garden is covered with remnants of natural volcanic rock. There is also a monument to artists Bokshai and Erdeli, founders of...

Botanic Garden

Uzhgorod University’s Botanic Garden is one of the best gardens in Ukraine and was created on the territory of two fruit-nut orchards in 1948. Its total area is 4.5 hectares. Here, more than three...

Pidzamkoviy Park (Under-castle Park)

Pidzamkoviy Park was begun in the middle of the 16th century. In the early 1870s, this area was called Széchenyi Park, after the famous public and political figure. During the time that Uzhgorod and...

Bozdosh Park

Bozdosh Park was first opened in 1954. In 1984, the Transcarpathian Executive Committee issued a decree to create a landscaped park of local significance within the boundaries of Uzhgorod, to be located on Bozdosh...

Sandor Petofi Square

In the nineteenth century this area was called Trade Square. In 1990, it was renamed after the Hungarian poet and revolutionary Shandor Petofi. On July 11, 1847 he was on his way to his...