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Mikhailovsky castle, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Mikhailovsky castle, Saint Petersburg, Russia

            Mikhailovsky, or Engineering Castle, is a former imperial palace in the center of St. Petersburg, at the turn of the 18th-19th centuries, built as a water castle by order of Emperor Paul I and became the place of his death. This building is the largest architectural monument, completing the history of St. Petersburg architecture of the 18th century. The Mikhailovsky Castle owes its name to the temple of the Archangel Michael, the patron saint of the Romanovs' house, located in it, and to the whim of Paul I, who took the title of Grand Master of the Order of Malta, to call all his palaces “castles the second name - "Engineering" comes from the Main Engineering School, which was located there since 1819. This palace occupies the place where the Summer Palace, built by Peter the Great in 1711, at the confluence of the Moika with the Fontanka, once stood. The building was erected on the site of the wooden Summer Palace of Elizabeth Petrovna, created by the architect Rastrelli, where on September 20 (October 1), 1754, Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseevna gave birth to Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich and where during the coup of 1762 she was proclaimed his empress.
   

Taken on: February 2, 2021

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