Peter and Paul Fortress

The Peter and Paul Fortress (Russian: Петропавловская крепость, romanized: Petropavlovskaya krepost') 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. Between the first half of the 1700s and early 1920s it served as a prison for political criminals. It has been a museum since 1924.

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Peter and Paul Fortress ranks #106 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #5 of the 66 mapped in Russia. Founded 1703, it is older than 23% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 238 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.

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