Vul Gogolya

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Lonely Planet review

While building buffs are liable to find unheralded architectural gems along any street in the centre, the mother lode is on vul Gogolya, where the city's best 19th-century architects were apparently in a contest to create the city's most elaborate buildings. With its odd patterns, bright colours and eccentric balconies, No 14 is probably the most eye-catching, followed by No 6, where a row of gods supports the 2nd-floor balcony.

The street's namesake, Nikolai Gogol, lived at No 11 for several months in the 1850s - just one of several prominent names to have had an address here.