Mariinskyi Palace
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The Mariinskyi Palace is the official residence of the president of Ukraine. The Elizabethan baroque palace is sited on the right bank of the Dnipro River in Kyiv, Ukraine, adjoining the neo-classical
Façade of the palace
The Mariinskyi Palace as it appeared in 1918
The presidential standard flying over the Mariinskyi Palace
View of the rear of the palace from its gardens
Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli was an Italian architect who worked mainly in Russia. He developed an easily recognizable style of Late Baroque, both sumptuous and majestic. His major works, including
Portrait by Pietro Rotari (1762)
Rundale palace, still the most beautiful in the world. Latvia
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