The Peter and Paul Fortress on Hare Island in Saint Petersburg was designed by Domenico Trezzini and founded by Peter the Great. The article names no client. The infobox gives construction from 1703 to 1740, while the text says it was built from 1706 to 1740. It is a star fortress on the north bank of the Neva River.
The article gives no materials. The bell tower is 402 feet (122.5 m) high. The fortress served as a prison for political criminals from the early 1700s to the early 1920s. Mutinous soldiers attacked it in February 1917, freeing prisoners, and it fell to the Bolsheviks in October 1917.
Four grand dukes were shot there on January 28, 1919. World War II bombing heavily damaged it, and it was restored. It has been a museum since 1924, and the Mint building still operates. A cannon fires at noon daily. The article gives no hours or ticket details.
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