Eastern and Central Europe (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

ST PETERSBURG 141

Statue of
Peter the Great
by Mikhail
Chemiakin (1991).

Ivan Gate, in the outer

wall, was constructed

between 1731 and 1740.

. Cathedral of
SS Peter and Paul
This magnificent cathedral
was designed by Domenico
Trezzini in 1712. Within is
the iconos tasis, a masterpiece
of gilded woodcarvings,
designed by Ivan Zarudnyy
and executed by Moscow
craftsmen in the 1720s.

St Peter’s Gate

Completed in 1718, this ornate

Baroque structure features

the Romanov double eagle with

an emblem of St George and

the dragon.

Golovkin

Bastion

Engineer’s House

This building, dating from

1748–9, houses temporary

exhibitions of artifacts used in

everyday life in St Petersburg

before the Revolution.

The Boat House is now a ticket

office and souvenir shop.

The Grand Ducal burial vault is the last

resting place of several grand dukes

shot by the Bolsheviks in 1919 and of

Grand Duke Vladimir who died in exile.

VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

Petropavlovskaya krepost.

Map C2. Tel 232 9454.

Q Gorkovskaya. & 8 English.

Trubetskoy Bastion #

10am–6pm Thu–Mon, 11am–

5pm Tue. Commandant’s

House # 10am–6pm Thu–Mon,

11am–5pm Tue. Cathedral

# 10am– 6pm Thu–Mon,

11am– 5pm Tue. Engineer’s

House # 11am–6pm Thu–

Mon, 11am–5pm Tue.

Kamennoostrovskiy

Prospekt, Gorkovskaya

Metro and Trinity Bridge

Peter I

Bastion