Key facts
- Architectural style
- Baroque
- Location
- Hrushevsky street 5A, 01008 Kyiv , Ukraine
- Coordinates
- 50°26′54″N 30°32′15″E / 50.44833°N 30.53750°E / 50.44833; 30.53750
- Client
- Elizabeth of Russia , ( House of Romanov )
- Owner
- Ukraine
- Architect
- Bartolomeo Rastrelli
- Official name
- Маріїнський палац ( Mariinskyi Palace )
- Type
- Architecture
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Encyclopedic overview
The Mariinskyi Palace (Ukrainian: Маріїнський палац, romanized: Mariinskyi palats) 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 building of the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine.
History
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