Livadia Palace: The Examination for Lieutenant

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This summer I was able to see with their own eyes the Livadia Palace. This is the place where Horatio Hornblower attempts his examination for lieutenant. Livadia Palace was a summer retreat of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II, and his family. Now it is a museum.







An Italian courtyard of the Livadia Palace.































Some interiors of the Palace.
















And seascape. This is the Black Sea. In the background the mountain Ayu-Dag (Bear-Mountain)