Rachel House Maikapar

House widow Rachel Maikapar located on Lutheran Street, is one of the most famous monuments of architecture of the early 20th century, preserved in Kiev.

History Rachel home Maikapar

The building in Neo-Baroque and Neo-Renaissance was built in 1905 by architect Martin Klug. This is one of the three apartment buildings owned by Rachel Maikapar. Among the other famous buildings Lutheran street this house is the most luxurious. Multiple projecting cornices, bas-reliefs, columns and figures underline the exclusivity of Atlantis facilities. From a distance it resembles many creamy white and pink tiered cake. During the Second World War the house was damaged and reconstructed in the 1950s.

The house stayed Maikapar writer Maxim Gorky, a long time resident sculptor and painter Alexander Kovalev. As in previous years, today the home of Rachel Maikapar apartments shall be rented. Some rooms open shops and offices.

Rachel House Maikapar surrounded by old buildings, erected in the late 19th - early 20th centuries. Many of them are valuable architectural monuments. Among them is the famous House of crying widow. Here lies the Lutheran Church.

How to get to the house of Rachel Maikapar in Kiev

Lutheran Street and house Maikapar most conveniently be reached by subway. You must get out at the station "Khreshchatyk".