Uman's park "Sophia"

What is special?   This picturesque area is called a fairy-land – everything is so poetic, exquisite and splendid in this park. Here you can find the Champs-Elysees, English park with the richest collection pf plants from numerous countries of the world, cascades of lakes and waterfalls. Now you have an excellent chance of visiting this true pearl of Ukraine. Description   Excursion on the park, where the beautiful pictures joined in one composition, numerous of waterfalls, fountains, stone caves, antique sculptures, miracles of crafts, architects, gardeners, artists and sculptors.Uman's park "Sophia" is the masterpiece of the world park and garden art of the 18-19th. The park is laid in the outskirts of the ancient town Uman, Cherkassy region. The park is a vivid example of a combination of water, land, architectural buildings and monuments.    The park was founded in 1796 by rich Polish magnate Stanislav Pototsky in honor of the wife of a beautiful Greek woman Sofia, and has been presented as a gift for her in May, 1802. The idea of creation of park in romantic style with use of the Roman and Greek mythology belonged to Sofia.     The idea to create the park in the romantic style using Greek and Roman mythology belongs to Sophia. For more than 200 the park stuns the visitors by its beauty: wonderful landscapes, exotic flowers and trees, antique buildings, ponds, waterfalls - all these you can contemplate while visiting the p