Peter and Paul Fortress
The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of Saint Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.
- Neighborhood
- …is also known as “Petropavlovskaya Krepost‘”
- Description: original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia
Places of Interest
Discover Peter I Monument and Artillery Museum.
Peter I Monument
Memorial
The Monument to Peter I in the Peter and Paul Fortress…
Artillery Museum
The Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers…
Saint Petersburg Mosque
The Saint Petersburg Mosque, when opened in 1913, was the largest mosque in Europe outside Turkey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Petrograd Side and Apraksin Dvor.
Apraksin Dvor
Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in Saint Petersburg, Russia, covering 14 hectares.
Peter and Paul Fortress
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Latitude
59.95003° or 59° 57′ 0″ north
Longitude
30.31742° or 30° 19′ 3″ east
Open location code
9GFGX828+2X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = neighbourhood
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Peter and Paul Fortress” goes by many names.
Fort van Petrus en PaulusAfrikaans
حصن بطرس وبولسArabic
قلعة بطرس وبولسArabic
Պետրոպավլովյան ամրոցArmenian
Петропавловск нығытмаһыBashkir
San Petri eta San Pauloren gotorlekuaBasque
Петрапаўлаўская крэпасцьBelarusian
Петрапаўлаўская крэпасьцьBelarusian
Петропавловска крепостBulgarian
Fortalesa de Pere i PauCatalan
Fortalesa de Sant Pere i Sant PauCatalan
Petropavlovskaya Krepost‘Cebuano
Петран а, Павлан а гIапChechen
Петран а, Павлан а гӀапChechen
彼得保罗要塞Chinese
聖彼得保羅要塞Chinese
聖彼得與保羅要塞Chinese
Petropavlovská pevnostCzech
Peter og Paul fæstningDanish
Peter og Paul-fæstningenDanish
Peter en PaulvestingDutch
Peter- en PaulsvestingDutch
Petrus- en PaulusvestingDutch
Fortikaĵo Sankta Petro kaj Sankta PaŭloEsperanto
Fortreso de Petro kaj PaŭloEsperanto
Petropaŭla fortikaĵoEsperanto
Peeter-Pauli kindlusEstonian
Pietari-Paavalin linnoitusFinnish
Pietarin-Paavalin linnoitusFinnish
Fortaleza de San Pedro e San PauloGalician
პეტრე-პავლეს ციხესიმაგრეGeorgian
პეტროგრადის ციხესიმაგრეGeorgian
სანქტ-პეტერბურგის ციხესიმაგრეGeorgian
φρούριο Πέτρου και ΠαύλουGreek
מבצר פטר ופולHebrew
מבצר פטרופבלובסקHebrew
מבצר פטרופבלובסקיהHebrew
מבצר פיטר ופולHebrew
Péter-Pál erődHungarian
Benteng Petrus dan PaulusIndonesian
Fortezza dei santi Pietro e PaoloItalian
Fortezza di PetropavlovskayaItalian
Fortezza di Pietro e PaoloItalian
Fortezza di San Pietro e PaoloItalian
Fortezza di San Pietro e San PaoloItalian
Fortezza Pietro e PaoloItalian
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Japanese
Петропавлов чебиKirghiz
페트로파블로프스크 요새Korean
페트로파블롭스크 요새Korean
Arx Petri et PauliLatin
Petropavlovsko tvirtovėLithuanian
Péiter-a-Paul-FestungLuxembourgish
Петропавловска тврдинаMacedonian
Петропавловын цайзMongolian
Peter-Paulus-festningenNorwegian
Peter- og PaulusfestningenNorwegian Bokmål
Peter-Paul festningenNorwegian Bokmål
Peter-Paulus-festningenNorwegian Bokmål
Peter-Paulus-festningenNorwegian Nynorsk
Пётр æмæ Павелы гæнахOssetian
Пётр æмæ Павлы гæнахOssetian
قلعه پیتر و پاولPersian
قلعه پیتر و پلPersian
Twierdza PietropawłowskaPolish
Fortăreața Petru și PavelRomanian
Петропа́вловская кре́постьRussian
Петропавловская тюрьмаRussian
Петропавловска тврђаваSerbian
Петропавловская крепостьSerbian
Тврђава Петра и ПавлаSerbian
Petropavlovska tvrđavaSerbo-Croatian
Petropavlovska trdnjavaSlovenian
Peter-PaulfästningenSwedish
Peter-Pauls-fästningenSwedish
Petropavlovi ǧələTalysh
Пётр һәм Павел ныгытмасыTatar
Петропавловск ныгытмасыTatar
Petro ve Pavel KalesiTurkish
Петропавлівська фортецяUkrainian
Петропавловська фортецяUkrainian
Petropavlovsk KalʼasiUzbek
Petropavlovsk qalʼasiUzbek
Pháo đài Peter và PaulVietnamese
Pháo đài Petro-PavlovVietnamese
Pháo đài Thánh Phêrô và PhaolôVietnamese
پیٹر تے پال قلعہWestern Panjabi
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