In place of the 130th quarter of the people lived in the XVIII century. Most of the buildings fell into disrepair, and the city administration decided to relocate residents to new housing. And in the historical center of the city began to build and restore cultural heritage.
The story of the creation of the cultural object
The main idea of the architects is to create a new cultural space in Irkutsk, while preserving the historical heritage of the past centuries.
Under the construction of the quarter given 7 hectares of the city. Fifty-six unique buildings will enhance the cultural appeal of the quarter. Even today, when only a few buildings have been built, citizens and tourists from all over Siberia come to admire the originality of the new complex.
The authors of the project seek to create the most saturated atmosphere of the old city in the quarter: attention to every detail, the study of old drawings, eyewitnesses – all this helps architects to give the object a genuine antiquity.
What to look for in 130 quarter
In the quarter, while it is possible to see one street. It has stylized wooden houses decorated with carvings, the lower floors of some are lined with stone mosaics. On the patterns on the Windows you can stare for hours. The whole area 130 of the second quarter of pedestrian, cobbled.
At the entrance to the quarter is a symbol of the city – babr, a rare beast
with sable in its mouth. Babr is an outdated name of the Ussuri tiger. Sculptor bronze babra Natalia Bakut says that sought to create a beast with powerful legs, formidable, majestic, but with big kind eyes.
At the beginning of the Museum-historical quarter is "Experiment" – an interactive Museum with more than a hundred exhibits, where you can see how the physical processes and pass the test on a lie detector. Opened this year and the planetarium. Now residents of the city can spend the weekend with children, getting acquainted with physics and astronomy. Kids can also jump on the trampoline here.
The old buildings accommodate a modern cinema, clothing stores, souvenir shops, restaurants, musical theatre, two hotels, pottery and blacksmith shops. It hosts exhibitions of the Siberian artists: hand-embroidered with the ancient technique of towels and paintings. The restaurants offer Russian, Mongolian, Buryat, Georgian and Chinese cuisine.
There is also a landmark called "350 years of Irkutsk" - a rotating circle, standing on which you can make a wish.