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Alupka is not like any one of the cities of Crimea. During a visit to the Crimea/ Alupka certainly will not skip . For many guests of Crimea in Alupka, Vorontsov's Palace and Park in Palace k Crimea begins there.
Modern Alupka - a city located near by the Great Yalta. But the tourists goes more often than not to Alupka-town but to the the Vorontsov Palace - everything else to him as if attached. . Alupka located below the modern road Sevastopol - Yalta, the old South Coast Highway runs right through this lovely seaside town of several streets that are intricately curled along the slopes. The town is small, just four kilometers from the east, where Alupka becomes Mishor, and slightly to the west, where starts Simeiz.
Modern Alupka - it is a top-level resort with excellent diagnostic and treatment facilities, one of the most popular holiday destinations for many people. Who has ever visited Alupka, carrying with them an unforgettable experience to this wonderful part of the Crimea.
Voronzov's Palace
Address: Alupka, Palace road, 10.
The Vorontsovsky Palace was constructed from 18301848, to be used as a summer residence of the governor-general of the Novorossiysky Krai, Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov.
The palace was built according to a project by English architect Edward Blore (17891879). The architect did not visit Alupka, but was well informed about the area's mountainous landscape. When construction began, it was discovered that a foundation and the basement of the first portion of the building was already in position, as the palace was first supposed to be constructed on different plans, by architects Francesco Boffo and Thomas Harrison.
For three generations, the Vorontsovsky Palace belonged to the Vorontsov family. After the Soviets came to power after the October Revolution, the palace was transformed into a museum, which took up the main, dining, and library wings. In 1927, a resort was opened in a wing of the palace, and a polyclinic and rest facility was opened within the palace's technical wing.
When World War II began in 1941, the museum expositions were evacuated from Alupka in fear of damage from attacking armies. However, other museums in Crimea were not evacuated due to a lack of time.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.After the war, a small collection was recovered and was placed back in the palace.
From February 1114, 1945, the Yalta Conference took place in the neighbouring Livadia Palace between the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. During the time, the Vorontsovsky Palace served as the residence of Winston Churchill and the British delegation to the conference.
In 1965, 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
