The Klov Palace ( uk, Кловський палац) is the seat of the

Supreme Court of Ukraine The Supreme Court of Ukraine ( uk, Верховний Суд України, ) is the highest judicial body in the system of courts of general jurisdiction in Ukraine.Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Ky ...

. The building takes its name from

Klov Klov ( uk, Клов) is a historical neighbourhood in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Nowadays Klov is located in the administrative Pecherskyi District. The Klovskiy Monastery was built in this area in the 11th century, but was destroyed in 124 ...

, a neighbourhood of Pechersk District. The

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including ...

residence was constructed between 1752 and 1756 with funds provided by Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. The Russian royal family were expected to stay at the palace during their visits to the monastery, as they did in a wooden palace that had preceded it. The architects are thought to have been

Gottfried Johann Schädel Johann Gottfried Schaedel (german: Johann Gottfried Schädel) was a German Baroque architect who worked in Russia and Ukraine. Schaedel was born in 1680 in Wandesbek, Duchy of Holstein, Holy Roman Empire (now part of Hamburg). In 1713, Prince A ...

and Pyotr Neyelov. The actual construction was supervised by Stepan Kovnir. The main hall has the

plafond A plafond (French for "ceiling"), in a broad sense, is a (flat, vaulted or dome) ceiling. A plafond can be a product of monumental painting or sculpture. Picturesque plafonds can be painted directly on plaster (as a fresco, oil, glutinous, sy ...

frescoed in 1760. A

formal garden A formal garden is a garden with a clear structure, geometric shapes and in most cases a symmetrical layout. Its origin goes back to the gardens which are located in the desert areas of Western Asia and are protected by walls. The style of a forma ...

was laid out around the palace. The palace was never visited by any royalty, however, and it was not long before it fell into disrepair.

Catherine II of Russia , en, Catherine Alexeievna Romanova, link=yes , house = , father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst , mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp , birth_date = , birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anha ...

, who was passing through Kyiv in 1787, preferred Mariinskyi Palace for her residence. It was destroyed by a fire in 1858 and was rebuilt soon after with the addition of an upper story and the side wings.Памятники градостроительства и архитектуры Украинской ССР
/ref> The palace burnt down in the aftermath of the

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. A restoration process was undertaken in the 1970s.

Occupants of the palace

* The publishing house of the Kyiv Pechersk Monastery (1760s) * A military hospital (1770–1811) * First Kyiv Gymnasium (1811–1857) * The diocesan school for girls (late 19th century) * The Ukrainian Museum of the

Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), an ...

(1974–81) * The Kyiv History Museum (1980s and 1990s)

References

External links

* {{commons category-inline, Klov Palace
The Supreme Court of Ukraine
Buildings and structures in Kyiv Baroque palaces in Ukraine Houses completed in 1756 Pecherskyi District National supreme court buildings