Aivazovsky Fountain in Feodosia

The Aivazovsky Fountain is located in the Jubilee Park near the St. Constantine Tower. In the Middle Ages, there was a wall of the Genoese fortress of Kafa on this place. In the 19th century, the city authorities expanded the infrastructure of the cargo port and all the fortifications were demolished. So, parks appeared on the site of the fortress walls. 

The Park of 40th Anniversary of Victory and Jubilee Park are located near the port. The main attraction of the Park of 40th Anniversary of Victory is the Tower of St. Constantine, built in 1389. In the Jubilee Park, on the initiative of the great Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky, a fountain was built in 1888.  

The Aivazovsky Fountain was built in the form of a smaller copy of the Sultan Ahmed Fountain in Istanbul. Nowadays it is an architectural landmark of Feodosia, but in the second half of the 19th century it was the solution to the acute problem of water shortage in a large city. 

There are not enough sources of fresh water in the area of Feodosia. In the driest years, water had to be transported in barrels from Sevastopol. Ivan Aivazovsky decided to donate the Subash springs to the city, which were located 25 kilometers from Feodosia on the territory of his estate near the village of Old Crimea. From them, a water supply was laid to the Aivazovsky Fountain, which allowed solving the problem of water supply in Feodosia. These days, this water supply does not work.  

The city authorities wanted to name the fountain in honor of Emperor Alexander III. They sent a corresponding petition to the emperor, but the emperor decided to name it "Aivazovsky Fountain".