• I created the Alexander Palace website in 1997 as a resource for people who wanted to learn more about the palace, the Romanovs and Russian history.
  • During the stormy years of war and revolution, the monumental walls of the Alexander Palace sheltered the Imperial Family from the outside world.
  • For years the Alexander Palace has been a lovely classical structure viewed in the distance at the Tsarskoye Selo complex outside St. Petersburg.
  • The above photo depicts the Eastern wing of the Alexander Palace, where the private apartments of the Imperial Family are located.
  • The Alexander Palace is most famous, however, as the permanent home of Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their children.
  • The Alexander Palace Hotel, a modern 4 star hotel, is situated in Abano Terme, one of the most thermal town centre in Europe, a few kms from Padua.
  • The palace construction was completed in May of 1796, and in June the Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich, his spouse and his court moved into the New Palace.
  • She planned to make a grand gift for the day of his marriage, but she began to build the palace when the future Tsar Alexander I was only 15 years old.
  • The Alexander Palace was used by its first owner while in his Grand Ducal position, but upon ascending the throne Alexander I stayed more in Catherine Palace.
  • The Alexander Park with pavilions, together with the Alexander Palace, belong to To the State Museum-Reserve "Tsarskoye Selo" .