Vorontsov's Palace (Alupka)

The Vorontsovsky Palace ( ] Occupants of the museum had also evacuated many architectural pieces, including some 537 items of art and graphics, 360 pieces of the building's decor, sets of unique furniture, and a series of historic books. [http://ua.vlasenko.net/_pgs/pgs-html/pgs2-298.html "‘Vorontsovsky dvorets’ 1830—1846"] in "Памятники градостроительства и архитектуры Украинской ССР" (Monuments of architecture of Ukrainian SSR), edited by N. L. Zharikov, Kiev, "Budivelʹnyk", 1983-1986, ]

In 1956, the Vorontsovsky Palace was once again reinstated as a museum, on the order of the Soviet government. Two years later, the museum was changed to incorporate architectural and art exhibits, and in 1965, was named the "Alupka palace-museum complex". [http://ua.vlasenko.net/_pgs/pgs-html/pgs2-298.html "‘Vorontsovsky dvorets’ 1830—1846"] in "Памятники градостроительства и архитектуры Украинской ССР" (Monuments of architecture of Ukrainian SSR), edited by N. L. Zharikov, Kiev, "Budivelʹnyk", 1983-1986, ]

Architecture

The Vorontsovsky Palace was built according to new architectural-construction principals, however still managing to incorporate Classical style architectural elements. An important architectural characteristic of the palace was its relation to the nearby Crimean Mountains, with which it harmonized perfectly.

The palace was designed in the English style, incorporating elements of early English architecture with later architecture, because it took about 18 years to construct the palace. The earliest examples of the palace's architecture appear from the western gates — the later architecture, appears farther away from the western gates.

However being mainly in the English style, some eastern elements can be seen in the palace. For instance, the Gothic style chimney stacks are reminiscent of Islamic minarets. The southern façade is also designed in an eastern architecture style. The southern entrance to the palace is characterized with a flat roof topped off with two minaret-style towers, below which rests an entrance hall leading out towards the exit through a horse-shoe arch. On the interior walls of the entrance hall is an inscription written in Arabic: "There is no Conqueror, except Allah." Side balconies adjoin the entrance hall looking over the so-called "lion terrace."

References

External links

* [http://vpalace.narod.ru/ vpalace.narod.ru] — Unofficial website of the palace-museum and "Vorontsovsky Park" ru icon
* [http://www.sunnycrimea.com/sights/alupka.shtml sunnnycrimea.com] — Information about the palace and "Vorontsovsky Park" ru icon
* [http://www.tour-ethno.com/info/castles/vorontsov.shtml tour-ethno.com] — History of the palace and its architecture
* [http://crimaniak.com/info/alupka/258.html crimaniak.com] — Comprehensive photogallery of the palace and "Vorontsovsky Park" ru icon
* [http://alupka.ru.russian-women.net/ alupka.ru.russian-women.net] — Comprehensive photogallery of the "Vorontsovsky Park" ru icon
* [http://www.otdihinfo.ru/photo/286.html Photo (1024x768)]