Peter and Paul Fortress (Petropavlovskaya Krepost) St. Petersburg

Zayachii Ostrov St. Petersburg , North-West Russia, Russian Federation

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    Cathedrals and Dungeons...

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    A blustery start to the day as we walked across the bridge to the St Peter and Paul fortress, built in 1703 onwards by Peter the Great. The views across the river to the Palace embankment were spectacular. We were lucky enough to catch the end of what appeared to be a passing out parade by naval cadets. They looked extremely smart in their blue and …

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    St. Petersburg

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    Places to see:

    Peter and Paul fortress:

    Peter the Great had lived in Europe for a
    while to learn how they became modern and strong, and he brought back those
    idea's to modernize Russia. He had worked in shipyard and decided that Russia
    also needed a navy, and so he began building a new city and navy, which is now
    …

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    Highlights of St. Petersburg

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    We start out this morning with more panoramic driving through this vast and gorgeous city. We gradually make our way to the Peter and Paul Fortress, which is the spot where St. Petersburg was founded to protect the country's water access to the Baltic Sea. Here we visit the church where the remains of many of the rulers of the country are entombed …

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    Russian to St Petersburg

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    ... exhibit jars!!!! (nice thought nextime your having a quick Smirnoff down the local). After lunch we took a stroll around the Peter and Paul fortress on the banks of the frozen river Neva. This is a massive fortress with 20 metre thick walls which ...

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    ... to protect the area from being taken back by Sweden. The citadel built on the site was called the Peter and Paul Fortress after the apostles. Saint Petersburg has a checkered history of invasions, this is why it was decided not to make St Petersburg the ...

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    ... of our Savior on spilled blood The Hermitage Eternal flame symbolising the siege of Leningrad Winter Gardens May park The Peter and Paul fortress Peter and Paul cathedral Nevsy Prospekt All the frozen rivers, (found a man ice fishing on one) St Isaac's ...

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    White nights continue

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    ... two girls, Helena and Natalie from Moscow, and we walk around before seeing a concert staged on the neighboring island at the Peter and Paul Fortress.  Talk about a cool venue for a concert... under the light sky of the midnight sun!  Next ...

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    Ra Ra Rasputin

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    ... magnificent city. The Winter Palace, The Hermitage (actually one and the same which confused us), Admiralty House, Church of St Catherine, Peter and Paul Fortress, Nevsky Prospekt and much much more. We tried to take as much in as we could but feel we ...

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    Peter and Paul Fortress

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    ... Metro we headed across town to the Eurolines ticket office. With our tickets in hand we then got the Metro to the Peter and Paul Fortress. Inside the fortress we saw the Museum of Astronautics and Rocket Technology including a model of the first ...

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    Russia

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    ... was used to broadcast Lenin's address "To the citizens of Russia" proclaiming the victory of the proletarian revolution. - Peter and Paul Fortress. - The Field of Mars with it's eternal flame. - Russian Museum (inside the Mikhailovsky Palace). ...

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    ... 25p) to go anywhere! Compare that to London!!! I've seen some pretty cool places, like the Winter Palace and Hermitage museum, Peter and Paul Fortress, several different gardens, and now I'm pretty much all done with sight-seeing here! I've walked for ...

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    Nevskiy Prospekt and Beyond

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    ... about the Russian Revolution. Facing the Hermitage on the other side of the Neva River the Russian Tsars were buried inside the Peter and Paul Fortress, whose golden spire rose straight into the sky like a compass needle. After being ...

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    Leningrad

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    ... . I wasn't disappointed! The rest of my time in St P involved exploring the canals, taking random subway trips, viewing Peter and Pauls fortress, admiring the architecture and always on the look out for the weird and wonderful. The wonderful being a ...