Alexander or New Tsarskoselsky Palace was laid in 1792 by order of the Empress Catherine II and presented as a gift to the wedding of her favorite grandson, Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich and Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alekseyevna. In may 1796, the last year of the reign of the Empress Catherine II, the construction of the Palace was completed, and on June 12, 1796, Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich and his wife moved into the New Palace.

The project of the Alexander Palace is owned by the famous Italian architect J. Quarenghi; the Palace was built under the supervision of architect P. Neelova. The Palace is a gaunt two-storey building with two wings on the sides. In the centre of the main North facade is a magnificent colonnade of two rows of columns.

The interiors, designed by j. Quarenghi, consistent with the classical Canon, in the form of which is built the whole building. Rooms in the main Suite was located along the garden facade of the Palace. In the center of the Suite room was located with a semirotunda divided into three sections with wide arches. The middle part of the room got the name of the semi-circular hall, with Eastern thereto attached were the Portrait, with Western - Billiard room (or Crimson room).

Today, the Alexander Palace is associated with the last page of the history of the Russian Empire. In this Palace were 12 years of the reign of the last Russian Tsar. Until recently, the famous Palace was closed to visitors, and few knew that it preserved the interiors of the enfilade, and part finishing personal apartments of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.

Alexander Park, adjacent to the Catherine Palace from the main parade, covers an area of about 200 hectares. At the Empress Catherine I, located behind the Palace of the natural forest was fenced and made it a Menagerie, which contained wild animals for the Royal hunt. In the mid-eighteenth century, the Menagerie was surrounded by a stone wall with bastions on the corners, two of which were built entertaining pavilions. Between the Palace and the Zoo was laid out a New garden, intersected crosswise spaced alleys.

In the early twentieth century the North-Eastern territory of Alexandrovsky Park, stretching from the Alexander Palace to the Egyptian gates, was built up.