Peter and Paul Fortress
Description:
A rare occasion in the history of cities, when the birthday of the city is known, St. Petersburg celebrates this date on May 27. It was on this day more than 300 years ago in 1703 that the first stone was laid in the foundation of the fortress of St. Petersburg. The fortress was supposed to protect the young city from the Swedes, with whom Tsar Peter fought the Northern War. However, the fortress becomes a political prison. The son of Peter the Great, the mysterious princess Tarakanov, romantic Decembrists, writer involuntarily Chernyshevsky were prisoners of the fortress.
Exactly at noon, according to the Petrine tradition, a howitzer shot is fired, the charming ringing of the bells of the amazing musical instrument of the carillon from the tower of the cathedral meets the guests of our city and measures the next hour. And watches closely all that is happening "culprit" of the birth of the world pearl - St. Petersburg, Great Peter, a monument to the genius-reformer, created by the brave hand of master Mikhail Shemyakin.
The price includes:
Sightseeing tour of the Peter and Paul Fortress, excursion in the Peter and Paul Cathedral, excursion in the prison of the Trubetsk Bastion
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