Vorontsov Palace was built from 1830 to 1848, GG, as a summer residence of a prominent Russian statesman, governor-general of the Novorossiysk Territory Count Mikhail Vorontsov. The palace was designed by the English architect Edward Blore. Architect in Alupka do not come, but he was well aware of the terrain. In addition, the foundation and the first clutch of deep portal niche of the central building were ready. It involved the construction and stone-cutters hereditary stonemasons who had experience in the construction and decoration of relief white-stone cathedral. All the work was done manually with primitive tools.

Each housing Alupka Palace resembles a certain era in British architecture - the towers of the feudal castle of XIV-XV centuries. defensive walls with their exquisite to the main building, built in the Elizabethan style. It seems that the palace was not built in the XIX century., And for many centuries.

Visit the Palace begins with a wide front yard, broken front of the northern facade of the main building. General attention is drawn to two rectangular tower that looks like a knight's castles, the clock tower with the battle, set in 1841, bay tabs on either side of the main entrance, typical of Tudor architecture. Inside, visitors visiting the introductory section of the museum, documents, old paintings and lithographs are familiar with the construction of the palace. Then go to the front office, furnished with English furniture, bronze sculpture and portrait painting of the first half of the XIX century. It represents the Military Gallery of the Patriotic War of 1812, and the family portraits of V.A.Trepinina, VL Borovikovsky, DG Levitsky.

Elegantly decorated with calico room with beautiful works of SF Shchedrin, N. Tchernetsoff, IK Aivazovsky, Small lounge, or the Chinese cabinet, lobby, blue room, where in August 1863 at the invitation of the owners of the palace played a great Russian actor Mikhail Shchepkin reading excerpts from "Dead Souls" NV Gogol. Transfers from the Blue room in the front dining room is a winter garden where among the greenery, a plurality of decorative marble sculptures.

The front dining room - the largest room in the palace - like ceremonial rooms Tudor castles: the same high ceilings, oak paneling, balcony for musicians. The carved wall frame mounted four monumental panels of the famous French painter Hubert Robert. Polished diabase carved fireplaces, intricate ornamentation adorned with near-wall cupboards, original chandeliers, wall sconces.

Collected works of Western European painting XV-XVIII centuries. It is in the billiard room. One of the largest in Russia was at one time a library Vorontsov. It has 25 thousand books; published in many European languages, history, geography, art, philosophy, economics, astronomy, navigation, agriculture.

During the Great Patriotic War of the Vorontsov Palace was gone part of the collection: paintings, furniture, vases. The very same palace was hurt - Hitler "presented" Field Marshal Palace Mannshteynu, and the "winner" in the hope for eternal possession, concerned about his safety. And in February 1945, it housed the British delegation at the Yalta Conference.

Alupka Palace is surrounded by a magnificent park, covers an area of ​​40 hectares. Park founded 140 years ago under the supervision of an experienced German gardener Karl Kebahom.