Peter and Paul Fortress

The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of , Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
  • Description: original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Also known as
    “Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul”
    “Peter Paul Island”
    “Petropavlovskaya Krepost‘”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Artillery Museum and Peter I Monument.
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The Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers…
The Monument to Peter I in the Peter and Paul Fortress…
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The , when opened in 1913, was the largest in outside .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petrograd Side and Apraksin Dvor.
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The is a borough in …
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Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in , , covering 14 hectares.

Peter and Paul Fortress

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Latitude
59.95° or 59° 57′ north
Longitude
30.31667° or 30° 19′ east
Open location code
9GFGW8X8+XM
Geo­Names ID
510170
Wiki­data ID
Q38646

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Peter and Paul Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Fort van Petrus en Paulus”
  • Arabic: “حصن بطرس وبولس”
  • Armenian: “Պետրոպավլովյան ամրոց”
  • Bashkir: “Петропавловск нығытмаһы”
  • Basque: “San Petri eta San Pauloren gotorlekua”
  • Belarusian: “Петрапаўлаўская крэпасць”
  • Belarusian: “Петрапаўлаўская крэпасьць”
  • Bulgarian: “Петропавловска крепост”
  • Catalan: “Fortalesa de Pere i Pau”
  • Catalan: “Fortalesa de Sant Pere i Sant Pau”
  • Cebuano: “Petropavlovskaya Krepost’”
  • Chechen: “Петран а, Павлан а гIап”
  • Chechen: “Петран а, Павлан а гӀап”
  • Chinese: “彼得保罗要塞”
  • Chinese: “聖彼得保羅要塞”
  • Chinese: “聖彼得與保羅要塞”
  • Czech: “Petropavlovská pevnost”
  • Danish: “Peter og Paul fæstning”
  • Danish: “Peter og Paul-fæstningen”
  • Dutch: “Peter en Paulvesting”
  • Dutch: “Peter- en Paulsvesting”
  • Dutch: “Petrus- en Paulusvesting”
  • Esperanto: “Fortikaĵo Sankta Petro kaj Sankta Paŭlo”
  • Esperanto: “Fortreso de Petro kaj Paŭlo”
  • Esperanto: “Petropaŭla fortikaĵo”
  • Estonian: “Peeter-Pauli kindlus”
  • Finnish: “Pietari-Paavalin linnoitus”
  • Finnish: “Pietarin-Paavalin linnoitus”
  • French: “Forteresse Pierre-et-Paul”
  • French: “Forteresse Saints-Pierre-et-Paul”
  • Galician: “Fortaleza de San Pedro e San Paulo”
  • Georgian: “პეტრე-პავლეს ციხესიმაგრე”
  • Georgian: “პეტროგრადის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • Georgian: “სანქტ-პეტერბურგის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • German: “Peter-Paul-Festung”
  • German: “Peter-Paul-Kathedrale”
  • German: “Peter-Pauls-Festung”
  • German: “Peter-Pauls-Kathedrale”
  • German: “Peter-und-Paul-Festung”
  • German: “Peter-und-Pauls-Festung”
  • German: “St. Petersburger Festung”
  • Greek: “φρούριο Πέτρου και Παύλου”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר פטר ופול”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר פטרופבלובסק”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר פטרופבלובסקיה”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר פיטר ופול”
  • Hungarian: “Péter-Pál erőd”
  • Indonesian: “Benteng Petrus dan Paulus”
  • Italian: “Fortezza dei santi Pietro e Paolo”
  • Italian: “Fortezza di Petropavlovskaya”
  • Italian: “Fortezza di Pietro e Paolo”
  • Italian: “Fortezza di San Pietro e Paolo”
  • Italian: “Fortezza di San Pietro e San Paolo”
  • Italian: “Fortezza Pietro e Paolo”
  • Japanese: “サンクトペテルブルク要塞”
  • Japanese: “ペテロとパウロの要塞”
  • Japanese: “ペトログラード要塞”
  • Japanese: “ペトロパヴロフスキー要塞”
  • Japanese: “ペトロパヴロフスク要塞”
  • Japanese: “ペトロパブロフスク要塞”
  • Kirghiz: “Петропавлов чеби”
  • Korean: “페트로파블로프스크 요새”
  • Korean: “페트로파블롭스크 요새”
  • Latin: “Arx Petri et Pauli”
  • Lithuanian: “Petropavlovsko tvirtovė”
  • Luxembourgish: “Péiter-a-Paul-Festung”
  • Macedonian: “Петропавловска тврдина”
  • Mongolian: “Петропавловын цайз”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peter- og Paulusfestningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peter-Paul festningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peter-Paulus-festningen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peter-Paulus-festningen”
  • Norwegian: “Peter-Paulus-festningen”
  • Norwegian: “Petropavlovskaja krepost”
  • Ossetian: “Пётр æмæ Павелы гæнах”
  • Ossetian: “Пётр æмæ Павлы гæнах”
  • Persian: “قلعه پیتر و پاول”
  • Persian: “قلعه پیتر و پل”
  • Polish: “Twierdza Pietropawłowska”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza de São Pedro e São Paulo”
  • Romanian: “Fortăreața Petru și Pavel”
  • Russian: “Петропа́вловская кре́пость”
  • Russian: “Петропавловская тюрьма”
  • Serbian: “Петропавловска тврђава”
  • Serbian: “Петропавловская крепость”
  • Serbian: “Тврђава Петра и Павла”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Petropavlovska tvrđava”
  • Slovenian: “Petropavlovska trdnjava”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza de San Pedro y San Pablo”
  • Swedish: “Peter-Paulfästningen”
  • Swedish: “Peter-Pauls-fästningen”
  • Talysh: “Petropavlovi ǧələ”
  • Tatar: “Пётр һәм Павел ныгытмасы”
  • Tatar: “Петропавловск ныгытмасы”
  • Turkish: “Petro ve Pavel Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Петропавлівська фортеця”
  • Ukrainian: “Петропавловська фортеця”
  • Uzbek: “Petropavlovsk Kalʼasi”
  • Uzbek: “Petropavlovsk qalʼasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Peter và Paul”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Petro-Pavlov”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Thánh Phêrô và Phaolô”
  • Western Panjabi: “پیٹر تے پال قلعہ”

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