Alexander Park
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Near the Trinity Memorial cemetery and monument of the legendary horse cavalry girls are the main gate of the old park in Yelabuga. Alexander Park City - is a picturesque sight of the city and a favorite place of rest and walking residents and visitors Yelabuga.

In 1856, in honor of the coronation of Alexander II it was laid out garden, called the Alexander. In 1866 (after a failed assassination attempt on the king) in honor of Emperor Garden ennoble salvation, using the principles of the English landscape architecture. In 1868 Alexander Park is a free arranged lawns, meadows, trees and winding paths, as if created by nature itself. In a shady corner of the bench stood through ravines were spanned bridges, glades installed gazebos for guests, and in the depths of the park there is a wooden building of the theater.

In 1980 the park attractions have been installed, and a children's carousel circuit, built a dance pavilion and a fountain. Ferris Wheel Ferris Wheel was named because of the panorama on the Devil's mound from the top of the attraction. In the 1990s, the park has come to desolation: children's swings and rides were broken, ravines overgrown with lawns and century-old trees only create comfort deserted city park.

In 2010, Alexander Garden revived: are cleared fields, sets a new fountain, gazebo and decorative bridge. Along the edges of paved pathways, benches and lanterns. As part of the All-Russia Spasskaya Fair in the Park arranged Ball descendants, where the meeting of the descendants of famous residents of Yelabuga - Shishkin, Staheevyh, Tsvetaeva, Durov Pinegina and others.

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