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Peter and Paul Fortress

The oldest and second-largest building in the city dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul.

The construction of a fortress on “Rabbit Island” started on May 16th, 1703; it was dedicated to the apostles Peter and Paul. The day of the laying of the foundation stone is celebrated as the town’s birthday. The fortress has the form of an irregular hexagon. The first complex was made out of wood but replaced by stone building in 1706; 20,000 people worked on this building and the complete works was finished in 1740.

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  • sebastian
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    More interesting than the tombs of the Czars is the prison in the fortress, in which one ate including Trotsky and Dostoevsky. Lustig is also the St. Petersburg, skinny-dipping on the outer wall of the fortress on the Neva, even at 10 degrees.
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