Monument to Orange was opened in Odessa on Sept. 2, 2004 on the day of the city, which according to legend, saved the oranges. Catherine II issued May 27, 1794 decree on construction of the Odessa Commercial Sea Port, which was supposed to be the largest in the south of the Russian Empire. However, the decree of the empress was not realized during her lifetime. Paul I was going to cancel the decree, justifying a large financial outlay. In Odessa, at the time already lived about 12 000 people. Odessa merchants, knowing that Paul I intend to withdraw the funds allocated for the construction of the port and city development, the king sent under escort Fenogariyskoy Greek Guards several carts with oranges. The emperor was very fond of these fruits. While in Russia, oranges were considered exotic fruits, and it was hard to get. The next day after receiving a generous gift, considering resourcefulness Odessa, Emperor resumed decree mother about the allocation of 250,000 gold rubles for the construction of the port and city development. Odessans invested the money in pawn shops, multiplying this number by several times. Since the port began to actively build and Odessa - blossom. Residents of Odessa Orange monument dubbed "amonumentofabribe." The author of sculpture - Alexander Tokarev. The monument is mounted on a pedestal with the excavated an orange slice. In its place - the figure of the Russian Emperor Paul I. Sculptural composition includes three horses and a cart-wheel, symbolizing the delivery of the gift in St. Petersburg. Top are the most famous buildings in Odessa - Opera House and the Transfiguration Cathedral. That the buildings are not architecturally "crushed" orange, they did abrisnymi, that is, from small bars to centimeter-thick bronze made the outlines of buildings, so that through them shone the sky. The whole area of ??sculpture has a diameter of 12.5 meters and paved with granite saber. Along the perimeter of a circular area installed iron bars with chains and two granite mileposts height of 90 cm, which indicated the number of miles from Odessa to St. Petersburg. The very orange cast in Kiev. To him it took about a ton of bronze. The cost of the Bronze citrus amounted to about $ 20000.