Katsiveli

Katsiveli , a small coastal village located on the South Coast near Simeiz.

known fact that there is installed a radio telescope of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. In the mid-fifties of the twentieth century . He was one of the largest - diameter parabolly reached 22 m. It is visible from the lookout on the highway from Sevastopol to Yalta .

In October 1959, for the first time in human history, this telescope was made the image side of the moon passed the Soviet automatic interplanetary station Luna 3 . Today, this unique equipment and examines the nature of the sun.

In addition to the beginning of last century, the village created by AIKuindzhi who created it in the picture Katsiveli Night in the Crimea .

Near the village is the first in the Crimea, a water park.