{{Short description|Palace in Crimea}} {{Infobox building | name = Massandra Palace | image = Massandra Palace, Massandra, Crimea.jpg | caption = The Massandra Palace | architectural_style = Gothic Revival, Rococo,<br>Neo-Romanesque, Neoclassical{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} | structural_system = | cost = | embedded = {{Infobox historic site |embed = yes |designation1 = UKRAINE NATIONAL |designation1_offname = {{Lang|uk|Комплекс споруд палацу Олександра III}} (''Building complex of the Palace of Alexander III'') |designation1_type = Architecture, Monumental Art |designation1_number = 010042-Н}} | owner = Alexander III | location = Massandra, Crimea | coordinates = {{coord|44|25|12|N|34|03|2|E|region:UA|display=inline,title}} | construction_start_date = 1881, 1892 | completion_date = 1900<ref>{{cite web|title=The amazing Massandra Palace, the residence of Emperor Alexander III|url=http://vsviti.com.ua/2013/02/dyvovyzhnyj-masandrivskyj-palas/|work=vSviti (вСвіті)|accessdate=15 February 2013|language=Ukrainian}}</ref> | architect = }}
The '''Massandra Palace''' is a Châteauesque villa of Emperor Alexander III of Russia in Massandra, at the south coast of Crimea.
==History== Construction of the building started in 1881 and was funded by the son of Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, {{ill|Semyon Mikhailovich Vorontsov|ru|Воронцов, Семён Михайлович|lt=Semyon Mikhailovich}}, who had recently returned from the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish War. The construction of the palace that was initially designed by French architect Étienne Bouchard in the Louis XIII style was soon suspended after the death of Prince Semyon Mikhailovich Vorontsov.
In 1889 the unfinished palace was bought by the {{ill|Imperial Domains Agency|ru|Удельное ведомство}} for Alexander III of Russia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Massandra Palace|url=http://worontsovpalace.com.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=92&Itemid=17|work=Alupka Palace-Park Museum Preserve|access-date=15 February 2013|language=Russian}}</ref> The new owner commissioned his favorite architect Maximilian Messmacher to modernize the villa's design. Although Massandra was listed among imperial residences, no royals ever stayed there overnight (rather preferring the neighboring Livadia Palace).
After the October Revolution and before World War II, the residence was used as a government sanatorium "Proletarian Health" for people ill with tuberculosis. After World War II it was used as a state cottage (dacha) under the name "Stalinskaya".
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Massandra Palace was used as one of the Ukrainian official residences where the Massandra Accords were signed in 1993. In 2014 after the Russian annexation of Crimea, the residence was taken over by the Russian Presidential Affairs Administration. A bust of Alexander III was unveiled in front of the villa in 2017.
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Massandra Palace, Statue, Massandra, Crimea.jpg|Statue File:Massandra Palace, Statues, Massandra, Crimea.jpg|Statue Massandra Palace 2, Massandra, Crimea.jpg|Opposite of the front-facing part File:Массандровский дворец, Крым.jpg|Modern look File:Парк в Массандре, Крым.jpg|Palace Park File:Yalta old 13.jpeg|View at the end of the 19th century </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Massandra Palace}} * {{cite web|url=http://encyclosights.com/object_details.php?ln=1&id=557|title=palace of Alexander III and park, Massandra : palaces|accessdate=15 February 2013|work=Encyclopedia of Sights}}
{{Tourist attractions in Crimea}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Yalta Municipality Category:Museums in Crimea Category:Palaces in Ukraine Category:Official residences in Ukraine Category:Royal residences in Ukraine Category:Government buildings in Ukraine Category:Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Crimea Category:Tourist attractions in Crimea
{{crimea-stub}}