Yelagin Palace

Yelagin Palace

Yelagin Palace (Yelaginskii or Yelaginoostrovsky Dvorets) completed in 1822 is a palace on Saint Petersburg, Russia which is situated on Yelagin Island in the Neva River and served as a royal summer palace during the reign of Tsar Alexander I. Constructed on the site of an earlier mansion built during the rule of Peter the Great, the villa was designed for Alexander's mother, Maria Fyodorovna, by the architect Carlo Rossi. The palace was destroyed during World War II but was rebuilt and currently houses a museum.

External links

* [http://www.alexanderpalace.org/yelagin/tour.html Website repository of 1909 images of Yelagin Palace with information about its history]
* [http://photocity.ru/Album116/idx.php Photos of Yelagin Palace interiors]


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