Peter and Paul Fortress of St. Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia

PaulThe St. Peter and St. Peter and Paul Fortress is the historical center of St. Petersburg and the tsar is on Rabbit Island, the estuary of the Neva River. The slim, 122 Golden Tower is high and is one of the most dominant landmark. The cathedral was built in 1712-1733 and includes both the Dutch and the early Baroque. Since Peter the Great, the building was primarily as a burial place for the Tsar and Tsarina Catherine the usedGrande is in a coffin in white Carrara marble. Many murals and flags captured from the wars against Sweden and the Ottoman Empire still adorn the interior of the magnificent cathedral. Before the guard there is a bronze sculpture by controversial Russian, Mikhail Shemyakin, Peter the big show with a remarkable small head. The Fortress of Peter and Paul never saw battle and was later transformed into a state prison. ParticipantsIn December instead of revolt, who participated in the 1825 were imprisoned within its walls and the October Revolution of 1917 the castle served as a notorious prison for opponents and critics of the Tsar. During the Revolution, the fort guns fired 40 shots at the Winter Palace, located on the opposite bank of the Neva. Today, the thunder of the Canon is a daily event, and fired a shot into the noon-time bastion Naryshkin. With this simple ceremony due tributepaid ...