Talk:Saint Michael's Castle

A fact from Saint Michael's Castle appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 December 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that St. Michael's Castle (pictured) was built like a medieval fortress for the personal protection of the Russian Emperor Paul I, who ironically was assassinated in his bedroom shortly after moving in to his new castle?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/December.

Wikipedia

Russia: Technology & engineering / Visual arts / History Mid‑importance

	Russia portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Russia, a WikiProject dedicated to coverage of Russia on Wikipedia. To participate: Feel free to edit the article attached to this page, join up at the project page, or contribute to the project discussion.RussiaWikipedia:WikiProject RussiaTemplate:WikiProject RussiaRussia articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the technology and engineering in Russia task force.
	This article is supported by the visual arts in Russia task force.
	This article is supported by the history of Russia task force.

Architecture: Historic houses Mid‑importance

	Architecture portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Architecture, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Architecture on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ArchitectureWikipedia:WikiProject ArchitectureTemplate:WikiProject ArchitectureArchitecture articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the Historic houses task force (assessed as Low-importance).

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Saint Michael's Castle. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20070310222555/http://photocity.ru/Album18/idx.php to http://photocity.ru/Album18/idx.php

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 05:10, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

File:RUS-2016-Aerial-SPB-St Michael's Castle 02.jpg scheduled for POTD

Hello! This is to let editors know that the featured picture File:RUS-2016-Aerial-SPB-St Michael's Castle 02.jpg, which is used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for May 20, 2020. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2020-05-20. Any improvements or maintenance to this article should be made before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If there are any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:43, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Saint Michael's Castle is a former royal residence in the historic centre of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built for Emperor Paul I between 1797 and 1801, and named after Saint Michael, the patron saint of the royal family. Constructed like a castle around a small octagonal courtyard, the four facades were built in different architectural styles, including French Classicism, Italian Renaissance and Gothic. The emperor was assassinated in the castle forty days after taking up residence. After his death, the imperial family returned to the Winter Palace and the building was transferred to the Russian Army's Main Engineering School. In 1990, it became a branch of the Russian Museum, and now houses its portrait gallery.

Photograph credit: Andrew Shiva

Recently featured: