Pyatigorsklocated on the banks of the river Podkumok, at the foot of the magma of the mountain-outlier Mashuk is a monument of nature, history and archeology of Federal significance. The mountain is accessed via cable car. There is an observation deck where you can enjoy unforgettable views of the city and the surrounding mountains – the five-domed two-headed Beshtau and Elbrus. Pyatigorsk was founded as a Spa resort. After all, within the city and its environs is a huge number of unique sources of mineral waters and therapeutic mud. The town has many modern and old sanatoriums and hospitals. The world-famous Pushkin, Lermontov, and Pirogov and Yermolov baths, luxury hotels and resorts. The history of Pyatigorsk, life and folk art of its inhabitants tells the extensive Museum exhibit, which was already more than 100 years. His collection amounts to more than 130 thousands exhibits of ancient artifacts, books, weapons, household objects and nature objects. If You are in Pyatigorsk – You should definitely visit these amazing natural places, like the grotto Failure with a unique sulfurous lake, Diana's grotto, the grotto of Lermontov, whose name is associated a huge number of other places and sites in the city. After all, in Pyatigorsk, this great writer and artist was treated, lived the last days of his life and died tragically in a duel. One of the most popular places is the Lermontov Lermontov gallery, You can find in a unique garden-Park ensemble "the Elizabethan flower garden". At the entrance to the Park is the picturesque building known Gukasov's Coffee house, built in 1905 and is famous among all city residents and visitors to the Water with tasty vanilla rolls. Another popular Museum is Pyatigorsk Lermontov's House – a modest hut with reed roof, the walls of which a rich collection of personal possessions, and documentary materials of the writer. Beautiful architectural forms have the Academic (Elizabethan) gallery, as well as a gazebo Aeolian Harp, with unique music design and its almost 200-year history. Among the religious buildings of Pyatigorsk, special attention deserves the majestic Cathedral of Christ the Savior. High 5-domed Church, built in the second half of the nineteenth century. Its appearance is striking in its solemnity and at the same time rigor was built in the shape of a cube with Windows, battlements and restrained, laconic decor.
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