<\/figure>\n\n\n\n5.2. ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES: walls, bastions, gates and statues<\/h3>\n\n\n\n In addition to the museums and exhibitions, in the fortress you can also see interesting architectural structures such as the walls and their bastions, the entrance gates to the fortress or statues of important people that you will find during your tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. The \u00abNevskaya Panorama\u00bb viewing platform and the bastions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n From the “Nevskaya Panorama” viewing platform, you can walk along the walls of the fortress across a wooden walkway overlooking the historic centre of St. Petersburg (open 10:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the tour you will be able to see or visit some of the bastions of the fortress (Gosudaryev, Menshikov, Naryshkin, Golovkin, etc.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bear in mind that this attraction is not included in the combination ticket and costs 300 roubles. Do not confuse this attraction with the hotel of the same name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n2. The Naryshkin Bastion and the cannon shot<\/h4>\n\n\n\n A very typical event in St. Petersburg is the firing of a cannon from the fortress every day at 12 noon, a cannon shot coming directly from the Naryshkin Bastion. It’s easy to get a good scare if it catches you off guard. This tradition goes back to 1730 onwards, but it became regular in 1873. It stopped in 1934, but was revived in 1957.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the time of Peter the Great it marked the start and the end of the working day and warned about floods and important events. In addition, there are usually annual celebrations on the City Day every May 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This bastion is dedicated to one of the chief military commanders and administrators of Peter the Great, who supervised the construction of the fortifications. From this bastion hangs the flag of the fortress or the imperial standard on holidays and imperial visits.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nThe changing of the guard ceremony is also worthwhile: every Saturday during the summer season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Entrance gates to the fortress<\/h4>\n\n\n\n The Petrovsky Gate or Gate of Peter the Great could be said to be the official entrance to the Peter and Paul Fortress. It dates back to 1708 and was built to commemorate the Russian victory over Sweden in the Great Northern War. The decorations include a bas relief, two statues and an imposing shield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nIf you go to the fortress by boat on the river, you will enter through the Neva Gate. In any case, if you do not go there by boat, it is also worth crossing it to see the Neva River up close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn addition to the above, there are also other access gates such as the Nikolsky, Vasilyevsky or Kronwerk gates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Statue of Peter the Great<\/h4>\n\n\n\n The founder of the city has his own tribute in the fortress in the form of a statue where he is seated and has a disproportionate body. It is located just opposite the Guardhouse on the main avenue of the citadel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n5. Sculptures of hares and rabbits<\/h4>\n\n\n\n You will also find different sculptures of hares or rabbits in honour of the most abundant animals that lived on this island before the fortress was built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nI hope this article has been useful to you in organizing your visit to the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, a place that can be a bit confusing. I hope your concerns have been addressed in this article. If you have questions or comments you can leave them below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1. The BIRTH of a famous city: St. Petersburg The birth of St. Petersburg, the first capital of the Russian Empire from its foundation until 1918, coincides with the building of the Peter and Paul Fortress on May 27, 1703 on the Banks of the Neva River on what used to be a swampy surface […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,55],"tags":[],"modified_by":"Irena Domingo","featured_image_src":"https:\/\/russiable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Peter-and-Paul-Fortress-in-St-Petersburg-Featured-Image.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/russiable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Peter-and-Paul-Fortress-in-St-Petersburg-Featured-Image.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Irena Domingo","author_link":"https:\/\/russiable.com\/author\/irena-domingo\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/russiable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/russiable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/russiable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russiable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russiable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/russiable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2730,"href":"https:\/\/russiable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions\/2730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russiable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/russiable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russiable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russiable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}