The walls
Turquoise.
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The Mariinskyi Palace is a Baroque palace on the right bank of the Dnipro in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and the official ceremonial residence of the head of state. It stands next to the parliament building, surrounded by a large public park on the hills. The Russian empress Elizabeth ordered the palace in 1744. The Italian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli designed it, and his student Ivan Michurin finished it with other architects in 1752. The empress did not live to see it complete, and Catherine II was the first to stay in it, in 1787. It burned in the early 19th century and was later rebuilt. From outside you see a long palace with turquoise walls and white and yellow decoration, columns and arched windows, with a taller centre crowned by a carved crest. A paved forecourt and a small garden with flower beds and a fountain lie in front, behind an iron fence with stone pillars, and the park's trees surround it. It is about a kilometre from Independence Square in a straight line. The palace is seen from outside, and the park beside it is open. The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to Kyiv, and opening can change at short notice, so read the current advice before any planning.
Turquoise.
Beds and a fountain.
Over the centre.
Hrushevskoho Street, Pechersk, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Yes, the UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to Kyiv.