Peter and Paul Fortress

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This is a first capital building in St. Petersburg: a beatiful fortress designed to protect the future city from naval intrusions. It holds several museums (including money museum, torture chamber and prison museum, rocket technology museum) and lots of other attractions. A cathedral of the fortress has tombs of russian kings. Come here if you love museums and history, you will definitely have a great day here.

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100% sure you will see it

This fortress is a symbol of the city, it serves like a city’s logo sometimes. It is definitely the most famous landmark of St. Petersburg. You will see it if you go to Hermitage, Basil’s island or fields of Mars. You will definitely see it in every boat trip or bus tour sold in the city. You will see it even if you don’t leave your hotel: on some postcards, menus, newspapers, pens or whatever.

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A biggest list of attractions inside

Old weapons? Rocket engines laboratory? Money making machines and rare coins? Secret passes? Political prison? Torture chambers? Execution grounds? Or maybe old boat russian king used to learn naval mastery? Souvenirs? Restraunts? Tombs of kings? Wierd yet famous statues? A true cannon firing at 12 am every day? Yes, we have all of that here in Peter and Paul’s fortress. And even more. Get ready to spend the whole day here. Oh, and there is a great seafood restraunt by the fortress!

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Free and easy to find

The fortress is 5 minutes away from Gorkovskaya metro station. You can walk there by foot, it takes about 30-40 minutes from the beginning of Nevskiy prospect or fromm Nevskiy and Sadovaya crossroad. The entrance is free, but every museum has a separate ticket (tickets are unlikely to be over 10 dollars).

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