Babolovo Palace

[1] The Babolovsky Palace was essentially a summerhouse with seven rooms giving on to a park, a quaint octagonal tower and no second floor.

Alexander I of Russia used the palace for his furtive rendezvous with Sophia Velho, a court banker's daughter.

[2] A stone building was erected to replace the wooden five-room house located at the edge of the forest near the village of Babolovo.

The two main buildings, converging at an angle, were connected by an octagonal tower covered with a hipped roof.

[3] The walls made of red bricks were plastered on the outside (excluding the anteroom and the bathroom pavilion), painted white and decorated with rustication.