Review
Rating: *****/5
Type of art you can find in Peter and Paul Fortress: - Culture
- History
- Sculpture
- Sight
It was founded in 1703. It is the oldest architectural set of St. Petersburg. It lost its significance as a fortress and was a dungeon for those who were considered to be a threat to be state up untill 1917.
DetailsPeter I kept his son Alexey there. Many writers and revolutionaries were kept prisoners there: Dostoevsky, Gorky, Trotsky, the Lenin's elder brother - Alexander. After the revolution the fortress became a museum (1924). The public is admitted into Troitsky bastion.
The tourists usually get into the fortress by passing St. Ioan's Gates and entering it through St. Peter's Gates, constructed in 1717-1718 by the architect Tresini as a triumphal arch with the statues of ancient Gods and later crowned with the two-headed eagle, added in 1722.
In the middle of the day at 12 o'clock the gun on the Navarsky bastion marks the Admiral hour by the blank.
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Info
Address: Zayachy Island, St Petersburg, Russia, 190000
Phone: +7 (812) 230-03-29
«Peter and Paul Fortress» is close to Gor'kovskaya station
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Around
Some bed&breakfasts, cafes and sights we found around Peter and Paul Fortress:
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