Engineer's Castle (Mikhailovsky Castle) interior The Mikhailovsky (St. Michael's) Castle interior

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The Mikhailovsky Castle - now a branch of the Russian Museum - is one of the most mysterious buildings in St. Petersburg. The history of the castle, built between 1797 and1800 for Russia's most enigmatic monarch, Emperor Paul I, is full of unusual and dramatic events. In the early 1990s the castle became a branch of the Russian Museum and now houses its Portrait Gallery, featuring official portraits of the Russian Emperors and Empresses and various dignitaries and celebrities from the late 17th to the early 20th century. The castle also houses an array of semi-permanent and temporary exhibitions - see current exhibition listings.

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