Excursion to the Peter and Paul Fortress with a visit to the cathedral and prison

Peter and Paul Fortress is the best preserved ravelin type fortress in Europe. This makes the object unique not only from a historical point of view, but also architectural.

If we find ourselves in the fortress at noon, we will visit the daily tradition of the noon shot from the Naryshkin bastion.

You'll see:

• Zaitsu monument;
• Petrovsky Gate;
• monument to Peter I by sculptor Mikhail Shemyakin;
• burial of the Romanov house in the Peter and Paul Cathedral and the Grand Ducal Shrine;
• curfew and chronicle of St. Petersburg floods;
• The prison cells of Trubetskoy Bastion.

You will know:

• Why is the island on which the fortress stands called Hare Island?
• the Northern War between Russia and Sweden;
• Why did the artist and sculptor Mikhail Shemyakin make the body of Peter I so big and the head so small?
• Why Peter I died in 1725 and was buried only in 1733
• Why are there floods in St. Petersburg?
• What is the feast of repose?
• Who is Peter Telushkin, and how he became known throughout St. Petersburg?
• Who was the first prisoner of the Peter and Paul Fortress, and who was the last, and why the prison of the Trubetsk Bastion was considered exemplary?

• Tour of the fortress for 2.5 hours.

The price does not include tickets:

• cost for adults 1500 rubles / person, for schoolchildren 800 rubles / person