Gomel is located on the banks of the Sozh River (south-eastern part of Belarus), which is 302 kilometers from Minsk. Being the administrative center of the Gomel region and the Gomel region, the city ranks second in Belarus in terms of the number of inhabitants.
Lunacharsky Park in Gomel: attractions, the Palace and Park complex and other places of cultural recreation
The palace and park complex, like the Central City Park named after Lunacharsky (which, according to old-timers, has been open to residents and guests of Belarus for several decades), is located on the banks of the Sozh River. Only the attractions of the Lunacharsky park change: outdated models are replaced with new ones.
For tourists who first visited Gomel, an amusement park located on the territory of the city's Palace and Park complex is usually associated with a whirlpool of positive emotions. The employees of the Palace and Park Complex see their main task as the constant expansion of the range of services offered and the improvement of the quality of service.
The amusement park organizers are taking into operation only the new. modern and safe technical equipment purchased from world famous manufacturers, whose field of activity is the entertainment industry.
The uniqueness of the Central Park is in the abundance of a wide variety of vegetation. Today, about forty species of trees have been planted here (a total of 6, 000).
But not only thanks to the beautiful park and the old castle, the city of Gomel became famous. An amusement park is a place where every vacationer can admire rare exotic plants such as red oak and biloba ginkgo biloba.
The historical and cultural state institution “Gomel Palace and Park Complex” consists of six objects: a palace belonging to the Rumyantsevs and Paskevichs, a family vault of princes Paskevichs, an administrative building, a winter garden, an observation tower and the Khalecki estate. All these buildings are protected by law as architectural monuments of the 18th-19th centuries, the mention of which is on the list of historical and cultural values.
Amusement park (Gomel), the mode of operation of which suits both tourists and guides, is one of the most visited places in Belarus.
The Rumyantsev-Paskevich palace has a historical museum with exhibition and exhibition halls.
For tourists coming to Gomel, the amusement park and the Palace and Park complex have become a kind of "calling card" of this city.
Amusement park "Smolyankagrad"
Another place that Gomel is famous for is the Smolyankagrad amusement park. Among the services provided in this park are the ability to rent water balls, trampolines and sumo costumes.
The origin of the name of the city of Gomel
The first historiographical record proving the existence of this city dates back to 1142. Until the sixteenth century, Gomel was called differently: the following names appear in historical documents: Gomei, Gom, Gomiy, Gom, Gomiye, Gomiy, Gomin. For the first time, ancient historians spoke of this city as Gomiya, and the modern name came into use in the XVII-XVIII centuries.
At least six versions of the origin of the word “Gomel” are known. According to the most common of them, the city got its name thanks to the Gomeyuk stream flowing into Sozh. Here, at the base of the hill, the first settlement of ancient people was once founded, the descendants of which are modern Belarusians. The interest of tourists in this area is spurred by the fact that the modern city of Gomel (an amusement park and the Palace and Park zone in particular) are also located on the banks of the Sozh River. The validity of this version is confirmed by numerous related names of Belarusian cities: Minsk was called the city on Menka, Polotsk stood on the Polot, and Vitebsk was built on Vitba.
Some representatives of the scientific world are inclined to believe that the name of the city arose from the ancient Slavic word "hom" ("hill, hill, hill").
A popular explanation is as follows. The Iput River, flowing into the Sozh, breaks through stony shallow water. The rumble produced by the streams of river water breaking through stones is heard to this day.
It is also known that the threshold of the river Iput was once called Gomei. It is likely that the name of the city comes from here.
