Monument Flying Cow

Many unusual and amusing monuments is the capital of Ukraine. One of these - the flying cow monument in Kiev . She "lived" on a dry tree, located near Fifth Ave. It has long promised a flying figure of a cow on the street Oles Gonchar established sculptor Constantin Skretutskyy.

History of the monument

The monument was installed March 14, 2009. It was the year of the cow. As the author shares ideas cow - a symbol of prosperity and fertility. It is associated with only good and all homemade. Moreover, it came out good and air. The sculptor decided to show that in this world even cows can fly.

The monument was quite extreme. Then it was snowing, cold and biting wind reminded him. Sculptor cow brought in disassembled form, but such weather glue it proved difficult. The hardest part was with the ears, because they would not stick because frozen.

In "assembled" as his creation Skretutskyy first saw with them. It has a small shop, and there were opportunities to collect. In addition, the drive collected cow did not dare because it collected on the spot.

The local flying cow body has a metal grid to which the wings are attached with plastic and other body parts are made of wood. The most interesting proved her wings. They are made from conventional plastic spoons. The frame is welded sculptor himself. Flying cow out to be extremely positive and smiling.

How to get there

Monument to the flying cow is on the street Gonchar, 47, near the eponymous park. The nearest stop - "Street. Observatorna "and" Orthopedic Institute, "walking routes through number 7, 165, 181 and 439.