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The Alexander Palace (Russian: Александровский дворец, Alexandrovskiy dvorets, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəfskʲɪj dvɐˈrʲets]) is a former imperial residence near the town of Tsarskoye Selo in Russia, on a plateau about 30 miles (48 km) south of Saint Petersburg.
Greece has reopened the ancient palace where Alexander the Great became King of Macedonia some 2,400 years ago to the public after it underwent restoration.
The Alexander Palace, view of the corps de logis from the cour d'honneur. The area of Tsarskoye Selo, once part of Swedish Ingria, first became a Russian royal/imperial residence in the early 18th century as an estate of the Empress-consort Catherine (later Empress-regnant as Catherine I, r. 1725–1727), for whom the Catherine Palace is named.
Alexandra Palace was awarded major grants from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Haringey Council for the East Wing Restoration Project, including the theatre, which was the biggest investment in the palace for a generation. [23] [26] Additional funds came from charitable trusts, businesses and individual donations.
Today, it sits near Vergina in northern Greece. The Palace of Aigai was built by Alexander the Great’s father, Phillip II, and completed in 336 B.C., officials said. Alexander was proclaimed ...
The former Royal Palace in Sofia, today accommodating the National Art Gallery and National Ethnographic Museum. The palace was built during the rule of Alexander of Battenberg. It was later expanded and used by Ferdinand I as his official residence.
Today, he hosted a pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace for members of the royal family—his first time hosting it at the Palace during his reign. (In the past two years, the lunch was held ...
Alexandra Palace is an entertainment and sports venue in North London, situated between Wood Green and Muswell Hill in the London Borough of Haringey. A Grade II listed building, [ 2 ] it is built on the site of Tottenham Wood and the later Tottenham Wood Farm. [ 3 ]