• Facade of Tauride Palace in 2016. Tauride Palace (Russian: Таврический дворец, romanized: Tavrichesky dvorets)...
  • Tauride Palace is nowadays a government building located in the surroundings of St. Petersburg. It was built at the end of 18th Century in a Neoclassical-style.
  • The Tauride Palace was built by Ivan Starov, the recognized master of classical design for Prince Grigorii Potemkin of Tauris—allegedly the Empress’s secret consort.
  • The Tauride Palace is a unique architectural and historic monument. The palace has a rich history. It was built for Prince Grigory Potemkin.
  • Tauride Palace which includes a pond and château or palace. ... The Tauride Palace is located north of St. Petersburg’s city center, by the bend of the Neva River.
  • Tavricheskiy - or "Tauride" - Palace is one of the largest and most impressive palaces in St. Petersburg, located in the north-east of the historic centre...
  • While Starov’s name is associated with many buildings of St. Petersburg and greater Russia, Tauride Palace is the largest of his surviving works.
  • Many historians think that the Tauride Palace was the model for a great number of manorial estates, scattered all over Russia.
  • …of Russian country houses, the Tauride Palace (1783–88), for Grigory Potemkin, Catherine’s lover.
  • The First All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies was held in the Tauride Palace on June 3–24, 1917.