Palace Profile: Livadia Palace

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Location: Livadiya, Yalta Municipality, Autonomous Republic of Crimea
Built: April 1910 – September 1911
Architect: Nikolay Petrovich Krasnov
Commissioned By: Nicholas II of Russia
Style: Italian Neo-Renaissance
Rooms: 116
On The Palace Grounds: The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross
Current Owner: State Budgetary Institution of the Republic of Crimea
Current Use: Museum
Fun Fact: Nicholas II is said to have spent four million roubles on the construction of the new Livadia Palace (he had the original larger and smaller buildings, built in the 1860s, demolished)

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