Depaldo stone stairs

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Depaldo Stone Stairs (Russian: Депальдовская лестница, also Каменная лестница) was constructed in 1823 with the money of Taganrog's Greek merchant Gerasim Depaldo at the crossroads of Greek Street and Depaldo Street (now Turgenevskaya Street) in Taganrog. The stairway begins up on the hill in the downtown and goes down ending near Azov seashore (Pushkinskaya Quay).

In Imperial Russia it was the famous stairs in South Russia, similar to Potemkin Stairs in Odessa.

In World War II, the Old Depaldo Stone Stairway was heavily damaged, but stayed one of the major tourist attractions of Taganrog. In 1970s it was reconstructed, but not finished. The new major reconstruction was made in 2005.

At the top of Depaldo stone stairs on Grecheskaya Street stands a Sundial (1833).

[edit] Views of Depaldo stone stairs

Bombardment of Taganrog from British raft during Siege of Taganrog in 1855 with Depaldo Stairway in the center.	Depaldo stone stairs in Taganrog (photo 1900s).	Depaldo stone stairs in Taganrog (photo 1900s).	Depaldo stone stairs in Taganrog (photo 2002).
Depaldo stone stairs in Taganrog (photo 2002).	Greek street in Taganrog with entrance to Depaldo stone stairs (on right side) and pedestal for sun-dial (a stone cube in center) (photo 1900s).	Gnomon of Sundial near entrance to Depaldo stone stairs in Taganrog (photo 2002).	Illustration for Ivan Vasilenko's short story Sundial (1950)
Sundial near Depaldo stone stairs, photo of 2006 © TaganrogCity.Com.