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Vorontsov palace: diabase and lions on the terrace

Vorontsov palace in Alupka belonged to a prominent Russian official and public figure Count Vorontsov. Occupying the position of the governor of the Novorossiya Governate, the Count made a lot of efforts for the development of the Crimea. Vorontsov Palace was built as his summer residence for twenty years - from 1828 to 1848. 

 

The Vorontsov Palace was built in a neo-Moorish style of gray-green stone - diabase. The skillful work of stone masters is still surprising, no less than the original idea of ​​the English architect E. Blore. Never visiting the construction site, he designed the palace ensemble ideally blended into the surrounding mountain and park landscape.  The ensemble includes a park and palace buildings: central, dining, guest, library and household. Famous figures of lions appeared on the palace terrace in summer 1848. Till 1917 the palace consistently belonged to three generations of the Vorontsovs family. In 1921 a museum was opened in the palace. In February 1945 during the meeting of the leaders of the three countries of the anti-Hitler coalition, the so-called "big three": Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill, the residence of Winston Churchill was housed here. In 1990 the Vorontsov palace and the entire palace territory was given the status of the «Alupka Palace-Park Complex». Today it is one of the most beautiful places in the Crimea. Visitors can see the interiors of the ceremonial rooms, the Vorontsovs' personal belongings and paintings. 

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