The Alexander Palace (Russian: Александровский дворец) is a former imperial residence at Tsarskoye Selo, on a plateau around 30 minutes by train from St Petersburg. It is known as the favourite residence of the last Russian Emperor, Nicholas II, and his family and their initial place of imprisonment after the revolution that overthrew the Romanov dynasty in early 1917. The Alexander Palace is situated in the Alexander Park, not far from the larger Catherine Palace. Today it is undergoing renovation as a museum housing relics of the former imperial dynasty.
Read more about Alexander Palace: Construction During The Reign of Catherine The Great, Home of Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich and Grand Duchess Elizaveeta Alexeevna, Under Nicholas I, Under Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna, Under Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, Romanovs Under House Arrest, After The Romanovs, Nazi German Occupation During The Second World War, After The War, Recent History
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“The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)