Kumbari House, Vinnytsia

The Vinnytsia house of Oleksandr Kumbari, an Odesa merchant of Greek origin, is located on the territory of the estate purchased by him in 1894. Since then, this area on the high bank of the Pivdenny Buh has been called Kumbary after the owner's surname.

The building in the Art Nouveau style was built in 1913 according to the project of the architect Hryhoriy Artynov for his wife Kumbari. For the first time in Vinnytsia, concrete pouring technology was used during construction.

A long staircase descends from the house to the river bank, designed by the same architect, a lieutenant general of the military engineering service. Local residents call it the "Potomkins Stairs" by analogy with the famous Odesa Stairs.

Until recently, the building housed a childr ...