October Palace

The former October Palace of Culture (Ukrainian Жовтневий палац культури ) is now called the International Centre of Culture and Arts (Ukrainian Міжнародний центр культури і мистецтв ) and is a cultural building near the Maidan Nezalezhnosti in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.

The building in the style of late classicism, which houses among other things, a theater and a library with over 70,000 volumes book, was built by the architect Wikentij Beretti in the years 1838-1842. In the building there are still rooms for example, exhibitions, conferences, symposia and seminars.

History

After suffering heavy damage during World War II, the building was restored and reopened on 24 December 1957. Since then, more than 40 million people visited the various cultural events in the building.