Alexander Palace
The Alexander Palace is a former imperial residence near the town of Tsarskoye Selo in Russia, on a plateau about 30 miles south of Saint Petersburg. The Palace was commissioned by Catherine the Great in 1792.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Vitold Muratov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Amber Room and Children’s House.
Amber Room
Photo: Branson DeCou, Public domain.
The Amber Room was a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg. Amber Room is situated 600 metres south of Alexander Palace.
Children’s House
Photo: O-fly, Public domain.
Children’s House is situated 180 metres west of Alexander Palace.
Tepper’s House in Tsarskoye Selo
Arts center
Photo: Olgabaird, Public domain.
Tepper’s House in Tsarskoye Selo is an arts center, which is situated 320 metres southeast of Alexander Palace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pushkin and Alexandrovskaya.
Pushkin
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pushkin is a municipal town in Pushkinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located 24 kilometers south from the center of St. Petersburg proper, and its railway station, Tsarskoye Selo, is directly connected by railway to the Vitebsky Rail Terminal of the city.
Alexandrovskaya
Village
Photo: Peterburg23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alexandrovskaya is a municipal settlement in Pushkinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. Population: 2,491 ; 1,184 ; 2,960 . Alexandrovskaya is situated 2½ km northwest of Alexander Palace.
Tyarlevo
Village
Photo: Екатерина Борисова, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyarlevo is a municipal settlement in Pushkinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. Population: 1,854 ; 1,556 ;… Tyarlevo is situated 4 km southeast of Alexander Palace.
Alexander Palace
- Type: Palace
- Description: palace in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Pushkinsky District, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Uzbek—“Alexander Palace” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Aleksander-paleis”
- Chinese: “亞歷山大宮”
- Chinese: “亞歷山大皇宮”
- Czech: “Alexandrovský palác”
- Danish: “Alexander-paladset”
- Danish: “Alexanderpaladset”
- Dutch: “Aleksandrovskiy dvorets”
- Dutch: “Alexanderpaleis”
- Estonian: “Aleksandri palee”
- Finnish: “Aleksanterin palatsi”
- French: “palais Alexandre”
- French: “Palais Alexandre”
- Galician: “Palacio de Alexandre”
- Georgian: “ალექსანდრეს სასახლე”
- German: “Alexanderpalast”
- Greek: “Παλάτι του Αλεξάνδρου”
- Hebrew: “ארמון אלכסנדר”
- Indonesian: “Istana Aleksandr”
- Italian: “Palazzo Aleksandrovskij”
- Italian: “Palazzo di Alessandro”
- Japanese: “アレクサンドル宮殿”
- Japanese: “アレクサンドロフスキー宮殿”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aleksanderpalasset”
- Norwegian: “Aleksanderpalasset”
- Portuguese: “Palácio de Alexandre”
- Russian: “Александрийский дворец”
- Russian: “Александровский дворец”
- Scots: “Alexander Pailace”
- Serbian: “Александровски дворац”
- Slovenian: “Aleksandrova palača”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Alejandro”
- Swedish: “Alexanderpalatset”
- Turkish: “Aleksandr Sarayı”
- Uzbek: “Aleksandr saroyi”
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