Russia · 18th century
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 #153 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #5 of the 145 mapped in Russia. Founded 1703, it is older than 21% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 15,056 times in the last 60 days, more than 96% of the atlas. 30 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Saint Petersburg, 1 km away. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.
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