Alexander or New Palace of Tsarskoye Selo was founded in 1792 by order of Empress Catherine II and presented as a gift for the wedding of her favorite grandson, Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich and Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alexeyevna. In May 1796, the last year of the reign of Empress Catherine II, the construction of the palace was completed, and 12 June 1796 Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich and his wife moved into the New Palace.

Project Alexander Palace owned by the famous Italian architect George. Quarenghi; the palace was built under the supervision of architect P. Neelova. The palace is an elongate two-storey building with two wings on either side. At the center of the main northern facade - a great pass-through colonnade consisting of two rows of columns.

The interiors, designed by George. Kvarengi comply with the classical canons, in forms that have stood the whole building. Facilities front suite located along the garden facade of the palace. In the center of the suite was located living room with semi-rotunda, divided into three broad arches. The middle part of the room is called a semi-circular hall on the east to him belonged to his portrait, from the west - billiard room (or living Crimson).

Today, Alexander Palace is associated with the last page in the history of the Russian Empire. In this palace the last 12 years of the reign of the last Russian tsar. Until recently, the famous palace was closed to visitors, and few people knew that it preserved interiors of the front suite and furnish the private apartments of the Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.

Alexander Park, adjacent to the Catherine Palace from the Plaza Parade, covers an area of ​​about 200 hectares. Even the Empress Catherine I, located behind the palace portion of natural forest fenced and made it Menagerie, which contained wild animals for royal hunting. In the middle of the XVIII century menagerie was surrounded by a stone wall with bastions at the corners, two of which were built entertainment pavilions. Between the palace and the menagerie was laid out new gardens, crossed paths arranged crosswise.

In the early twentieth century, the north-eastern area of ​​the Alexander Park, which stretches from the Alexander Palace to the Egyptian gate was built.