Mikhailovsky garden, surrounded by the most famous buildings in our city, but he remains in the shadows.
It was founded in the same year as the Summer Garden, 1712, but was much more in the area and planned to plant fruit trees there, and also breed animals for hunting. Besides amusements, there were buildings and Catherine Palace (now the Pavilion Rossi) and a sauna for the emperors. The name ” St. Michael ” came later, after the construction of the castle, now known as the Engineering, earlier it was called the garden of Elena Pavlovna, but after the death of Paul I, it became less likely to attend and he has worn. After the Mikhailovsky Palace was the Russian Museum, the garden became public and there began the reconstruction of the initial project.
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