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- Facade of Tauride Palace in 2016. Tauride Palace (Russian: Таврический дворец, romanized: Tavrichesky dvorets)...
- 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...
- 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.
- Tauride Palace is nowadays a government building located in the surroundings of St. Petersburg.
- The impressive Tauride Palace , with its yellow facade, green domes and bold portico of pillars is one of the largest landmark palaces in St. Petersburg.
- Over 400,000 gold rubles were spent on the construction and decoration of Tauride Palace, and even contemporaries of Starov highly praised it for its...
- You will also visit other splendid rooms of the Tauride Palace and the exhibitions dedicated to the history of the palace, its residents and Russian...
- St. Petersburg’s bright yellow, classically styled palace in the city center is one of its most eye-catching landmarks and is backed by elegant public gardens.
- In the 18th century, the Tauride Palace was the country residence of the influential favorite of Empress Catherine II Grigory Potemkin.
- In 1906 tsar Nicolas II gave the Tauride Palace to the State Duma, the first Russian parliament.
