Let's say right away that this unique palace of Crimea, allegedly erected at the beginning of the nineteenth century by Count M. S. Vorontsov, is rather a mystery of our twenty-first century, since we do not know what actually happened two hundred years ago in Alupka, where it stands today amazing complex …
According to the well-established theory, this building was built at the beginning of the 19th century by the forces of serfs according to the project of the English architect E. Blore (who, by the way, did not come to Crimea). But the point is not even in the architectural oddities of this structure, although they cause some bewilderment (for example, a mixture of Eastern and Western styles), but in the material from which the Alupka Palace was built. This is diabase (the modern name is dolerite), a very hard and durable stone (6-7 units on the Mohs scale), which can only be processed with diamond.
Even with the modern technology of diamond cutting of stone (appeared only in the sixties of the last century), it is almost impossible to build a palace from diabase, not to mention the inexpediency of such an undertaking:
firstly, gray and nondescript diabase is significantly inferior in beauty to granite and marble, which, moreover, are easy to process. That is why it is these building materials that are mainly used for the construction of such palace complexes;
secondly, it is very expensive and impractical to build a palace from diabase - all one thing is to carry crushed stone on airplanes or install gold or crystal toilet bowls in the apartments of modern high-rise buildings (such a decision borders on schizophrenia, in which Count Vorontsov could not be suspected);
thirdly, diabase is good only where an "eternal stone" is really needed, for example, on the road (it is not by chance that it was the Red Square in Moscow that was laid out), and in this case filigree work with this solid material is not required.
But at the beginning of the nineteenth century there was not even a technology for diamond cutting of stone! Or maybe it was all the same, and then somehow lost it? Or at that time they knew how to process diabase in some other way, more easily and simply (however, this fantastic technology was taken and … lost)?.. It is hard to believe in such miracles - even less than the fact that the Alupka Palace was not built Vorontsov and far from the nineteenth century.
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Who built the Vorontsov Palace?
By the way, the art of photography appeared somewhat later than, according to the official version, the Vorontsov Palace was built. Therefore, it is not possible to prove that it was built at that time and by all means by serfs. Pictures and verbal descriptions are not proof, especially for a modern person who knows perfectly well how history is falsified (however, today they have also learned to fake photographic and video materials for these purposes, but computers and digital technologies did not exist in the century before last).
In the photographs presented (see below), you can see how the diabase is jewelry processed. Many stone cutters doubt that this is possible even with modern technology. It is one thing to carve a piece of dolerite on a diamond machine, and quite another to assemble a palace from fairly large slabs and blocks, extremely precisely processed and fitted. For example, pay attention to the photo of the destroyed and somehow restored wall. Why did the present restorers not risk using diabase and adjusting the wall to the overall style of the palace? Because it's simply impossible …
The conclusion suggests itself: Vorontsov Palace was built using fantastic technologies that could be obtained in the nineteenth century … from whom? Ufologists say: only among aliens, since they have long been present on our planet, and not only watch us, but also often interfere in human life.
True, in this case it is not clear why it was necessary to build this gray, not very aesthetic from our point of view, but practically eternal, like the Egyptian pyramids, palace? Alas, the alien logic is difficult to understand.
Are there any other, scientific explanations for this fact? There are, of course, and such, but they all do not stand up to criticism, and therefore they do not even want to consider. A more interesting theory seems to be that the palace in Alupka emerged from a parallel world, in which, perhaps, diabase is the most common building material. In this case, the gloomy gray style of this mysterious palace complex, not very characteristic of Russian society of the nineteenth century, is also easier to explain …