Peter and Paul Fortress

The Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul constitutes the historic center of the city. It was the first building that Peter the Great ordered to be built of his own design. It is on a small swampy island located between the Great Neva and the Kronwerk channel. Peter the Great was the first of the tsars to be buried here, at his request, and from that moment on, all the descendants of the Russian throne were buried here as well. Its well worth getting lost inside the walls of the fortress for an entire day.