Travel Guide of Peter and Paul Fortress in Russia by Influencers and Travelers

The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.

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Saint Petersburg

  2 km (1.2 miles) away from Peter and Paul Fortress

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd, then Leningrad, is a city situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. It is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow.

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embankment river Moyka

  2 km (1.0 miles) away from Peter and Paul Fortress

The Fontanka, a left branch of the river Neva, flows through the whole of Central Saint Petersburg, Russia - from the Summer Garden to Gutuyevsky Island. It is 6.7 kilometres long, with a width up to 70 metres, and a depth up to 3.5 metres. The Moyka River forms a right-bank branch of the Fontanka. Lined along the Fontanka Embankment stand the former private residences of Russian nobility. This river, one of 93 rivers and channels in Saint Petersburg, was once named Anonymous Creek. In Russian, yerik is a secondary or intermittent river-channel.

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Kazan Square

  2 km (1.1 miles) away from Peter and Paul Fortress

Kazan, is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an area of 425.3 square kilometres, with a population of over 1.2 million residents, up to roughly 1.6 million residents in the urban agglomeration.

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Bolshoy Prospekt

  2 km (1.1 miles) away from Peter and Paul Fortress

Bolshoy Prospekt of Petrograd Side is a large avenue in Petrogradsky District of Saint Petersburg, Russia, crossing Petrogradsky Island and spanning from Tuchkov Bridge across the Malaya Neva to Petropavlovsky Bridge across the Karpovka River.

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Street Architect Rossi

  2 km (1.6 miles) away from Peter and Paul Fortress

2 Architect Rossi Street is a building in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is located at the corner of Ostrovsky Square and Architect Rossi Street, which is named for the Italian architect Carlo Rossi who spent his working life in Russia.

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Pulkovo Airport

  17 km (10.6 miles) away from Peter and Paul Fortress

Pulkovo is an international airport serving St. Petersburg, Russia. It consists of one terminal which is located 23 km south of the city centre. The airport serves as a hub for Rossiya Airlines and as focus city for Smartavia.

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Catherine Palace

  26 km (16.4 miles) away from Peter and Paul Fortress

The Catherine Palace is a Rococo palace located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo, 30 km south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars.

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Toksovo

  26 km (16.0 miles) away from Peter and Paul Fortress

Toksovo is an urban locality in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located 20 kilometers to the north of St. Petersburg on the Karelian Isthmus.

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