- The Tauride Palace is the St. Petersburg residence of Prince Grigory Potemkin-Tauride. Built in the style of classicism from 1783 to 1789 according to the project...
- The property was transferred to the Tauride Palace Mikhailovsky Castle and the palace itself has been cast under the Horse Guards barracks.
- Grigory potemkin was the first owner of the tauride palace in st. petersburg, which was built in 1783-1789 to an...
- central location in the Tauride Palace is considered to Catherine Hall.Its vestibule is a domed room with a colonnade in front of which are located triumphal gate...
- 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.
- After the Great Patriotic War, the Tauride Palace was restored, and until 1990 it housed the Leningrad Higher Party School.
- 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.
- In the 18th century, the Tauride Palace was the country residence of the influential favorite of Empress Catherine II Grigory Potemkin.
- This palace was designed by Ivan Starov in 1783-1789 as a present from Catherine the Great to her influential favourite Prince Gregory Potemkin.
- Building work began in 1783 and lasted for six years.Considered the grandest nobleman’s residence of 18th-century Russia, Tauride Palace served as a model for...