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.
- Type: Palace
- Description: palace in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia
- Also known as: “Palazzo Aleksandrovskij”, “Александрийский дворец”, “アレクサンドル宮殿”, and “亞歷山大皇宮”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Amber Room and Children’s House.
Amber Room
Photo: Branson DeCou, Public domain.Children’s House
Photo: O-fly, Public domain.Tepper’s House in Tsarskoye Selo
Arts center
Photo: Olgabaird, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pushkin and Alexandrovskaya.
Alexandrovskaya
Village
Tyarlevo
Village
Alexander Palace
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Pushkinsky District, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
59.72107° or 59° 43′ 16″ north
Longitude
30.39272° or 30° 23′ 34″ east
Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)
Open location code
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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”
- 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 di Alessandro”
- Japanese: “アレクサンドロフスキー宮殿”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aleksanderpalasset”
- Norwegian: “Aleksanderpalasset”
- Portuguese: “Palácio de Alexandre”
- 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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Places to explore: Bol’shaya Kuz’minka and Aleksandrovka.
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Places to explore: Otdeleniye Sovkhoza Shushary and Hampton by Hilton Saint Petersburg ExpoForum.
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