The Alexander Palace is a summer residence of Russian monarchs at Tsarskoe Selo. The palace was built by order of Empress Catherine II for the wedding of her favorite grandson, Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich, the future Emperor Alexander I.
The Palace was designed by the famous Italian architect Giacomo Quarenghi. It is an elongated two-storey building with two wings at the sides. In the center of the main northern façade is a magnificent Corinthian colonnade passage consisting of two rows of columns. The facade facing the regular part of the Alexander Park is designed as a semi-rotunda topped by a spherical dome.
The interiors of the palace was designed by Quarenghi and followed the classical canons. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, numerous Russian and foreign masters worked on the decoration of the palace interiors.
Since 1904 the Alexander Palace became a permanent residence of Emperor Nicholas II, who was born here in 1868 and had a warm spot for Tsarskoe Selo. It was here that the last 13 years of his reign passed. From here, on the morning of August 1, 1917, the imperial family was sent into exile in Tobolsk.
The Palace was designed by the famous Italian architect Giacomo Quarenghi. It is an elongated two-storey building with two wings at the sides. In the center of the main northern façade is a magnificent Corinthian colonnade passage consisting of two rows of columns. The facade facing the regular part of the Alexander Park is designed as a semi-rotunda topped by a spherical dome.
The interiors of the palace was designed by Quarenghi and followed the classical canons. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, numerous Russian and foreign masters worked on the decoration of the palace interiors.
Since 1904 the Alexander Palace became a permanent residence of Emperor Nicholas II, who was born here in 1868 and had a warm spot for Tsarskoe Selo. It was here that the last 13 years of his reign passed. From here, on the morning of August 1, 1917, the imperial family was sent into exile in Tobolsk.
Exhibits are marked with AR stickers for identification purposes.
