{"id":451,"date":"2008-10-19T21:33:05","date_gmt":"2008-10-19T11:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=451"},"modified":"2013-10-21T19:40:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T08:40:30","slug":"swallows-nest-maya-lastochka-yalta-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/ukraine-river-cruise\/swallows-nest-maya-lastochka-yalta-ukraine","title":{"rendered":"Swallow&#8217;s Nest &#8211; &quot;Maya Lastochka&quot; &#8211; Yalta, Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Swallow&#8217;s Nest is one of the tourist icons that you&#8217;ll see on any visit to Yalta, especially if you are arriving by boat.\u00a0 The famous <a title=\"Swallow's Nest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/destination\/Ukraine\/Swallows-Nest\/AJP_4618\" target=\"_self\">Swallow&#8217;s Nest <\/a>was built in 1911 by Baron von Steingel for his ballerina mistress.\u00a0 It was a trend at that time for men of standing to have ballerinas as mistresses.\u00a0 In Ukrainian, &#8220;Maya Lastochka&#8221; 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