Livadia Palace - Site of the 1945 Yalta Conference: Anyone interested in WWII history will have heard of the 1945 Yalta (or Crimean) Conference. It was here at the Livadia Palace that the Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met to negotiate how post-war Europe was to be carved up. Livadia is a palace that's filled with history. The huge, stunning White Hall on the ground floor is where the Big Three and their delegation met to agree that the USSR would have the biggest influence over … [Read more...]
Swallow’s Nest or Castle of Love | Yalta Travel
November 17, 2009 by
Yalta's Famous Castle of Love: In Yalta, its famous Swallow’s Nest is not a bird's nest, but rather a Love Nest, built by Baron von Steingel for his ballerina mistress. It seems that it was a trend at that time for men of standing to have ballerinas as mistresses, so the good Baron was keeping in step with trends. In Ukrainian, “Maya Lastochka” or My Swallow is a term of endearment used to refer to one's sweetheart. Interestingly, prior to the Baron's castle, there was another structure … [Read more...]
