Houses with a spire (Mariupol)

Houses with spire
Будинки зі шпилем
Aerial view
General information
Address	Kuindzhi Street, 35 & 48, Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, 87500
Town or city	Mariupol
Country	Ukraine
Coordinates	47°05′51″N 37°33′01″E / 47.09750°N 37.55028°E / 47.09750; 37.55028
Completed	1954
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Lev Yanovitsky

The houses with a spire (Ukrainian: Будинки зі шпилем, romanized: Budynky zi shpylem, Russian: Дома со шпилем) are two multi-storey buildings topped with spires are among the main attractions of the city of Mariupol, Ukraine. They are located opposite of each other at the junction of Kuindzhi Street and Peace Avenue, Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, and serve as a visual gate, also called "Mariupol twins". Both buildings can be seen even from the Azov Sea.^[1][2][3]

Overlooking the central square of the city, Theater Square, these symmetrical houses are representatives of the late Stalinist era. They are dominated by seven-storey towers against the background of four and five storey buildings used for residential and commercial purposes.^[4]