Alexeevsky Palace (Алексеевский дворец) is a Revivalist palace compound on the bank of the

Moika River The Moyka (russian: Мо́йка /MOY-ka/, also latinised as Moika) is a secondary, in comparison with the Neva River in Saint Petersburg that encircles the central portion of the city, effectively making it an island or a group of islands ...

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. It was erected in the mid-1880s as a private residence of Grand Duke Alexis and his family. The palace's asymmetrical design with two distinctive towers and a set of exuberant rooftops is highly unusual for Saint Petersburg. Architect Maximilian Messmacher used a different style for each façade. The dining hall had a set of ten paintings by

Ernst Friedrich von Liphart Baron Ernst Friedrich von Liphart (1847–1932), Russified as Ernst Karlovich Lipgart and also referred to in English as Earnest Lipgart, was a painter, a noted art expert and art collector from what is now Tartu in Estonia. After living for a t ...

. The park was encircled by a wrought iron and stone fence. The central gates are still ornamented with the Grand Duke’s monogram. In 1910 part of the gardens were sold for the construction of a candy factory. Though the palace was declared a national landmark in 1968, it remained in utter disrepair throughout the Soviet period. A major restoration was undertaken in the early 21st century at the behest of Sergei Roldugin. In 2008 the palace was reopened as th
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Notes

Sources

* Малинина Т.А. Суздалева Т.Э. Дворец великого князя Алексея Александровича. СПб., 1997. * Белякова З.И. Великие князья Алексей и Павел Александровичи: Дворцы и судьбы. СПб., 1999. * Booklet of St. Petersburg Music House http://www.spdm.ru/doc/dvorec_2012_web.pdf

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* {{Coord, 59.9279, 30.2835, type:landmark_region:RU, display=title Palaces in Saint Petersburg Houses completed in 1885 Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg