{"id":801,"date":"2008-11-04T21:49:53","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T11:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=801"},"modified":"2008-11-04T21:49:53","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T11:49:53","slug":"alupka-palace-vorontsov-palace-yalta-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/ukraine-river-cruise\/alupka-palace-vorontsov-palace-yalta-ukraine","title":{"rendered":"Alupka Palace (Vorontsov Palace) Yalta, Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Alupka Palace is better known as the Vorontsov Palace to the locals.\u00a0 It was built for Count Michael Vorontsov and it took 23 years to build.\u00a0 The Palace is very interesting from an architectural design perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Interesting facts about the Palace include:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Northern Gothic facade\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/42695-2\/DSC_1644.jpg?resize=150%2C101\" alt=\"Northern Gothic facade\" width=\"150\" height=\"101\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northern Gothic facade<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; The eminent architect who designed the Palace was Edward Blore, the same architect who designed parts of Buckingham Palace, St. James Palace and many other important buildings in England and Scotland.\u00a0 Edward Blore designed the Alupka Palace without ever visiting the site.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">&#8211; The Palace is a very unusual blend of distinctly different architectural styles. Its northern facade is a very grand late English Gothic style.\u00a0 This is contrasted by Moroccan architecture on the south side which faces the Black Sea.\u00a0 To the west, the Palace looks like a European medieval castle.<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Moroccan architecture\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/42837-2\/DSC_1679.jpg?resize=150%2C100\" alt=\"Moroccan architecture\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moroccan architecture<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; Lining the steps on the south side are the six famous white lions by Italian sculptor Bonani, who also did some marble sculptures in the Old Capitol building in Washington, DC.\u00a0 One of these lions is named the Churchill Lion.\u00a0 Winston Churchill was reputed to have said that that particular lion looked like him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">&#8211; Winston Churchill and the British delegation stayed at the Alupka Palace during the Yalta Conference.\u00a0 He gave a farewell dinner here.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">The interior of the building is magnificent and holds a great collection of paintings, ornaments and fine furniture.\u00a0 Surrounding the Palace is a large parkland with fine views of the mountains and the sea.\u00a0 This Palace is a pleasure to visit and more about it in another blog&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHelen<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alupka Palace is better known as the Vorontsov Palace to the locals.\u00a0 It was built for Count Michael Vorontsov and it took 23 years to build.\u00a0 The Palace is very interesting from an architectural design perspective. 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