Vorontsov's Palace - the palace complex of residences Governor-General of Novorossiysk Territory Vorontsov (later - the men's gymnasium Yungmayster, Society of acclimatization animals since 1936 - the Palace of Pioneers), composed of: main building of the manor, Belvedere colonnades, an arena, the economic wing and Orlovsky Corps (the latter demolished in 1944). Architectural monument of national significance, built in 1826-28 years. Located in the city of Odessa on the Promenade at first. Vorontsov 2a. The palace built at the northern edge of the seaside hill in a place where once was situated the Turkish fortress Hadzhibey. "AtthewesternendofthepresentNicholasBoulevard,wheretherewaslittlecottageKulikovskylandowner,CountVorontsovbuilthismagnificenthouse" - wrote the historian NA Murzakevich in the book "oldOdessa.ConstructedbyarchitectFKBoffoin1827intheEmpirestyle,thebuildingfordecadesbeenoneofthemostremarkableinOdessa.Palacevisuallywovenfromcombinationsoflinesandarccomponents,thearchitectusedthecontrastbetweenthebigblindsmoothsurfacesandcolonnades.Theluxuriousinteriors,designedwell-knownsculptorandpainterKarlScotti,usedtechniquesofRomanticism.TheinteriorsofthepalacearethebestexamplesofpreservedinteriorsOdessaeraofEmpire.Thefrontroomofthefirstfloorincludeahall,billiardroom,semi-circulardiningroomclargeoutdoorterrace,givingwonderfulviewsoftheGulfofOdessa,alargehall(withitsluxuriousdoorsinthepanelsofalapis-lazuliandbronze,withhandlesyantarynmibroughtherefromthekingoftheMikhailovskyPalacePetersburg,withafireplaceexpensivemosaicenpierresfines),alibrary,aroomofmanuscripts","ChineseArea"Countess EK Vorontsova,"theTurkishroom." The latter - the most elegant, has a high ceiling in the Gothic style, the decision in light shades of green with lots of lush gold. Dining room decorated with Corinthian pilasters with semicircular niches for statues or vases of flowers. Ceiling of the dining room is decorated with rich stucco. The second floor of the palace, where residential rooms, decorated simply and with no decorative frills. In 1837, on the second day in Odessa in the new palace of one of the first visited the poet Vasily Zhukovsky, then in his diary appeared laconic note: "August28.Walkingthroughthecity.InspectionofthehouseofCountVorontsov.Greenhouse.Medalcabinet.Library."It is a rich library of the graph, the books from which Pushkin used even before she took the specially allotted room in the newly built palace. Subsequently, the book collection was donated to Vorontsov, a local university, where, under the name "Vorontsovfund" is kept to this day.