The Peter and Paul Fortress is where St. Petersburg was founded. Peter the Great commissioned the building of a fort on Hare Island in 1703 and initiated construction of the fortress. Among its ...

The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul is located in the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg. Swiss-Italian engineer Domenico Trezzini was charged with implementing the tsar’s vision for a ...

Click here to read more about the history of the Catherine Palace. The Peter and Paul Fortress St. Petersburg's original citadel, the Peter and Paul Fortress, is also Russia's most famous ...

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The Peter and Paul Fortress was founded on May 16th ... Finally, no eagles ever inhabited St. Petersburg region. "Peter I at the Construction of Saint Petersburg", by Georgy Pesis.

In 1851, he was sent to Russia and imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress. There, Tsar Nicholas I ordered him to write about German and Slavic philosophic ideas. This work was named ‘Ispoved ...

A fire has heavily damaged a section of the Peter and Paul Fortress, one of St Petersburg's most important landmarks and tourist attraction. The blaze damaged about 50 sq m of the fortress ...

People visit an ice sculpture festival held at the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 5, 2025. The event kicked off here on Jan. 1 and will be open to the public until Jan. 14.

and the Neva River runs through the city center – St. Petersburg is a planned city that originated with the Peter and Paul Fortress on Zayachy Island (Hare Island). Palace Square, in the heart ...

ST. PETERSBURG, June 15. /TASS/. The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum opened with a midday bang from the Peter and Paul Fortress cannon, fired by Governor Alexander Beglov and Chairman ...

St. Petersburg celebrates City Day in June 2006 (ITAR-TASS) ST. PETERSBURG, March 9, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Across the Neva River from the Peter and Paul Fortress and beneath the towering blue and gold ...

the mighty fortress offers a lot to see including the bell tower, which is still the highest building in St. Petersburg, and the baroque Peter and Paul Cathedral which is the final resting place ...