Euxinograd near Varna was planned by Viktor Rumpelmayer in 1885, with Hermann Mayer and Nikola Lazarov commissioned to complete the palace design and Édouard André mostly designing the park. Knyaz, later Tsar, Ferdinand commissioned the palace as it stands. The infobox gives 1890 as established, which matches the park rather than the palace. The text dates the palace to Ferdinand's reign, 1887 to 1918.
The article describes an 18th-century French château design, with a high metal-topped mansard roof, figured brickwork, balconies and a clock tower, calling it one of the finest examples of post-Liberation architecture in Bulgaria. It has three stories, and the estate covers 80 hectares (200 acres).
It was renamed Euxinograd in 1893 and became a communist summer residence in 1946. Since 1989 it has been a presidential and government residence, partly open to visitors. The article gives no hours.
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