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Encyclopedia > Peter and Paul Cathedral

The Peter and Paul Cathedral is located inside the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia. The fortress, originally built by Peter the Great, is the first and oldest landmark in St. Petersburg built in 1703 along the Neva River. Peter's main reason for building the fort was for protection against a potential attack by the Swedish navy during the Northern War.


Peter and Paul Cathedral is located in the middle of the fort. The cathedral is named after Saints Peter and Paul and was the first Cathedral built out of stone in St. Petersburg. Its spire reaches a height of 404 feet and features an angel holding a cross at its top. This angel is one of the most important symbols of St. Petersburg. Inside the cathedral are the remains of almost all the Russian Emperors and Empresses from Peter the Great to Nicholas II and his family who were finally laid to rest in July 1998.


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Peter and Paul Fortress (671 words)
The first construction of the new Russian capital, the Peter and Paul Fortress, occupies the central position in the architectural ensemble of city center, and the Peter and Paul Cathedral with its high bell tower is one of the main landmarks of Saint Petersburg.
The silhouette of the Peter and Paul fortress became the main symbol of the city on the Neva River.
In the prison of the Peter and Paul Fortress was confined the famous princess Tarakanova, who claimed to be the daughter of Empress Elizabeth and hoped to ascend the Russian throne.
St. Peter and Paul Cathedral (2257 words)
For a period of two centuries all Russian rulers from Peter I to Alexander III (with the exception of Peter II and Ivan VI Antonovich) and members of their families were laid to rest in the cathedral.
The first to be buried in the Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul (this wooden church was demolished when construction of the stone cathedral began) was Catherine, Peter I's daughter who died in 1708 at the age of eighteen months.
In 1859 the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul transferred from the jurisdiction of the eparchy to the Building Office of the Ministry of the Imperial Court, and in 1883, with its clergy, it was assigned to the Ecclesiastic Administration of the Court.
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