The Depaldo Stone Steps was constructed in 1823 by the project of the Italian architect Francesco Boffo with the money of Taganrog's Greek merchant Gerasim Depaldo at the crossroads of Greek Street and Depaldo Street in Taganrog. The stairway begins up on the hill in downtown and goes down ending near Azov seashore . In Imperial Russia it was the famous stairs in South Russia, similar to the Potemkin Stairs in Odessa. In World War II, the Old Stone Steps were heavily damaged, but stayed one of the major tourist attractions of Taganrog. In the 1970s it was reconstructed, but not finished. The new major reconstruction was made in 2005. During the latest reconstruction all the old stone steps were replaced by new stones. At the top of the steps on Grecheskaya Street stands a sundial . One of the short stories written by Soviet Russian Ivan Vasilenko titled Sundial was dedicated to the sundial near the Old Stone Steps.
Continue reading...From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.