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Livadia Palace

Livadia Palace it is the famous monument of architecture and history. It is large white palace of the last Russian emperor Nicholas II.

Livadia - one of the most visited tourist attractions of Crimea (about 750 tourists a year). It was built in 1911 by architect N. Krasnov, in the style of the Italian Renaissance. Krasnov was successfully located the palace of the surrounding landscape, the building is situated so that all its sides were most open to the sun.

Livadia Palace includes the Grand Palace, the Palace Minister of the Court Baron Fredericks it constructed simultaneously with the palace, the palace church in the name of Honest Cross, and the Italian courtyard.

In July 1974, the White Palace first entered sightseers. Now in the palace there are two parts - the memorial and the department in which the exhibited works of art.

Near the palace are ornaments - vases, benches, well. In 1863, he installed a fountain made of white marble and look like Bakhchisarayskiy. In the area of 46 hectares of well-known horticulturist Dehlinger created magnificent park with fountains and pavilions (here represented by about 400 species of trees and shrubs).

Interior is luxury. In 1925, the former royal palace had opened a sanatorium for peasants. In Livadia in Yalta here was also conference of anti-Hitler coalition states: the USSR, the USA and the UK. It housed the U.S. delegation, headed by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Useful information:

During the tour of the palace you can see White meetings Hall and also the office of emperor. Heads of State and politicians sometimes have negotiates and Summit Conference. Here also you can see exhibitions. In the part of the building there is sanatorium "Livadia".

Address: village Livadia, Yalta. Tel.: (0654) 31-55-79.

Open: 10:00-17:30, Closed – Wednesday.

Author:

Evgenia K, 14.04.2010

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