The Livadia Palace (Crimea, Ukraine)

Description: Telephone: +44 (0) 7808 160 621 / The palace buildings and extensive gardens overlook the sea and the bay of Yalta. ... more

The Livadia Palace (Crimea, Ukraine) ... Formerly a summer home to the last Russian Tsars, Nikolai II, and in 1945 home to the Yalta Conference, where Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met to re-draw the map of europe at the end of the war.

Newest Review: ... his wife had recently been in Italy and were struck by the palaces they saw there. On their return, Nikolay Krasnov, the leading architect in Yalta at the time, was engaged to build the new Imperial Palace which was to be used in summer. The Livadia palace is built primarily in the neo-Renaisance style although there are a host of additions from across the architectural vernacular; one of ... more

... the key elements of the design was for all four facades to be different and this was certainly achieved. The palace has an arched portico, a Florentine tower with crenelations like giant sugar lumps, there's an Italianate patio and an Arabic patio and Bra...more

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The Livadia Palace (Crimea, Ukraine): Livadia Palace - where history was written (1146 words)
by - written on 06/02/08 (Very useful, 181 readings)
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The Livadia Palace is one of the Crimea's most visited attractions and it's hardly surprising given the dramatic history and the impressive style of the place. The Livadia Palace is not just one museum, it's two; and then there's the amazing architecture and the beautiful grounds. It was because the palace hosted the "Yalta Peace Conference" just before the end of World War Two that I was initially interested in visiting; to find out how much more there is was a bonus. Forgive my vague address details for the Livadia Place -it's just that I haven't ever been able to find a definitive address. The Livadia is situated about 15 minutes drive west of ... Read the complete review