The Odessa Quarantine watchtower - a former quarantine cemetery morgue - has been restored -
At the end of the eighteenth century, in 1795, in the region of Cape Langeron, there were fortifications - Odessa Castle. In the center of the castle was a hill with Andreevsky stronghold. In 1811, the castle was reorganized into quarantine. Quarantine cemetery organized inside the quarantine.
According to the city's plans in the mid-nineteenth century, the quarantine area was designated as the "castle garden". Thus, according to the plan of the architect V. For 1840 Bufu, a garden had to be built at the quarantine site. However, the park was a military administration, not a city, so it was abandoned.
Establishment of the park
Alexander column on the site of the Andreevsky quarantine stronghold Odessa
On September 7, 1875, the park finally opened, and on September 10 Alexander was officially named, in honor of the visit of Emperor Alexander II to Odessa, who planted himself in honor of the inauguration of the Oak Park.
In May 1896, a decision was made to transfer the land to the city. At the beginning of 1900, by decision of the city government, the walls of the cemetery were dismantled and free access to its territory was opened.
