🕒 Date of last update of the article: 13.02.2024 at 10:44 p.m | 🖋 Author: Viktor Shatrov
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🕒 Date of last update of the article: 13.02.2024 at 10:44 p.m | 🖋 Author: Viktor Shatrov
On Koryatovycha Square, near the well-known Kobzar bookstore, there is another unusual mini-sculpture by Mykhailo Kolodko, which you can enjoy a coffee with. It is placed on a “table” near the coffee shop “Mrs Greenwich’s Mezzanine” (GPS: 48.624123, 22.298010). This is the Arab traveller and geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi.
This mini-masterpiece was installed on 27 September 2015, timed to coincide with the City Day. It became the 25th anniversary mini-sculpture in the city. The sponsor of this tourist attraction was entrepreneur Arsen Melkumyan. The figure itself is small (up to 20 centimetres).
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| 🗺 Location | N48°37′28″ E22°17′53″ |
| 🗽 Opening date | 09/27/2015 |
| 🧑 Sculptors | Mykhailo Kolodko, Roman Murnyk |
| 🧭 Distance from the center of Uzhgorod | Near |
| 🚙 Road for | Car, on foot |
| 🏕 Stop with a tent | No |
| 🏡 Housing nearby | Uzhgorod |
| ☕ Cafes and shops | Uzhgorod |
Muhammad al-Idrisi was born in Andalusia, which at that time belonged to the Moors (Arabs). He came from a noble family (a descendant of the Prophet Mohammed). He studied at the University of Cordoba, one of the first higher education institutions in Europe. Later, in 1138, he moved to Palermo. He was hired by the ruler of Sicily, Roger II. By order of the king, he organised several geographical expeditions to create a detailed map of the world. Al-Idrisi made several trips to France, Portugal, England, and the Maghreb (the territory to the west of Egypt – Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya).
As a result of the hard work of the geographer Muhammad, in 1154 he created a map in the form of a silver hemisphere on paper. The work associated with the map became a geographical encyclopaedia – the so-called Book of Roger. The full title of this work is 1154: “The Joy of One Who Passionately Desires to Cross the World”. Muhammad’s map and work mention the city of Gunkbar (Ungu) in the Eastern Carpathians. This record is considered to be the earliest written mention of Uzhgorod city. Later, in Hungarian charters, our town was called Ungvar, i.e. “the castle over the Ung River”.
An interesting legend about the mini-sculpture by Muhammad Al-Idrisi is told in her book Uzhgorod – the World Capital of Mini-Sculptures by Nadiya Popadiuk. According to the legend, it was an Arab traveller who, travelling the world, first brought Transcarpathia coffee beans, which means that this drink appeared in Ukraine for the first time in Uzhgorod. Initially, drinking coffee was synonymous with wealth and luxury, and later it became a daily tradition. Today, Transcarpathians drink about 100,000 litres of coffee a day, and Uzhgorod is rightly called the capital of the most delicious coffee.
| 🔰 Start | From the mini-sculpture “Peter the First” |
| 🚶 Walking distance (via Corso Street) | 270 m |
| 🕒 Approximate time | 3 minutes |
| ⬆ Rise | Mostly without ups and downs |
Author of the article: Viktor Shatrov
Number of articles: 1100+
Knowledge of languages:: Ukrainian, English
Favourite quote: “Travelling – the only thing that makes you richer“
He was born and lived all his life in Uzhhorod. He graduated with a gold medal from Uzhhorod School No. 1 named after Taras Shevchenko (now Uzhhorod Lyceum named after Taras Shevchenko). He studied at the History Department of UzhNU, graduating with honours in 2009. He worked as a senior researcher at the Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture and Life, a lecturer at the East European Slavic University.
