The roof of Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral is rather inaccessible, so lovers of taking pictures in roofs of some high or historical buildings wish to get there a lot. As you may guess, today we’ll have an access to get to this roof.
A view to the Vasilevsky Island.
A breathtaking look down.
The Trinity bridge.
The fortress of St. Peter was founded on the 16th of May, 1703 on the Zayachy island. It was intended to protect land, won during the Northern War with Sweden. The fortress was built by the plan made with the participation of Peter. According to rules of fortification arts, bastions were erected in corners. By the end of 1703 earthen walls of the fortress were built, then stone ones. They got their names from dignitaries who witnessed the construction process. During Catherine reign, two walls facing the Neva river were covered with granite. In 1712 instead of wooden church of the apostles Peter and Paul, Trezzini constructed a stone cathedral dedicated to the first high apostles, and lately it became a burial vault for Russian emperors. The fortress was called by the name of the cathedral of Peter and Paul.
Nice restoration.quality and precision of old time engineering is amazing.
Want to see more of the blond
She is the Ghost of that tower.wanna hug her?
Have to say I love these old clocks with all that precision machinery right out in front of everything.
Beautifulllllllllllllllll photos!!!!
The new bells and the new carrillon are the work of Flemish carrillonplayer Jo Haazen, who raised money and put a whole new carrillon on his own initiative. You can regularly listen to carrillon concerts there now.