Mikhailovskiy Palace, aka Russian Museum of Art

[Svetabel]

Alexander III was collecting the paintings of Russian artists all his life. This collection became the main
exhibit  of the Museum, moreover the Romanovs wanted to immortalize the name of Alexander III.

[Vassili_Vorontsoff]

I've always posted it in this subject on grand duke palaces in petersburg howeevr I specially loev this shot...

[Joanna]

A fascinating look into the former Mikhailovsky Palace [now the Russian Museum] in Saint Petersburg

Architectural Plans of the Mikhailovsky Palace

https://winterpalaceresearch.blogspot.ca/2018/02/architectural-drawings-of-mikhailovsky.html

Joanna