Butylka (Transnistria)
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Butylka is the name of a museum
and hotel
, sometimes also called the Spirit Museum Hotel. It is located in the village Ternovka, 10 km from Tiraspol
, the capital of Transnistria
.
The museum is notable for being housed inside a five-story structure shaped like a giant bottle. It is listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest building in the world in the shape of a bottle. The museum features owner Grigory Korzun's vast collection of liquor.
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
and hotel
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
, sometimes also called the Spirit Museum Hotel. It is located in the village Ternovka, 10 km from Tiraspol
Tiraspol
Tiraspol is the second largest city in Moldova and is the capital and administrative centre of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic . The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River...
, the capital of Transnistria
Transnistria
Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...
.
The museum is notable for being housed inside a five-story structure shaped like a giant bottle. It is listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest building in the world in the shape of a bottle. The museum features owner Grigory Korzun's vast collection of liquor.