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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 2796837, member: 301"]Got it !!!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The <b>Peter and Paul Fortress</b> is the original <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel" rel="nofollow">citadel</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" rel="nofollow">St. Petersburg</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" rel="nofollow">Russia</a>, founded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Great" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Great" rel="nofollow">Peter the Great</a> in 1703 and built to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico_Trezzini" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico_Trezzini" rel="nofollow">Domenico Trezzini</a>'s designs from 1706 to 1740 as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastion_fort" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastion_fort" rel="nofollow">star fortress</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_Paul_Fortress#cite_note-spenc-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_Paul_Fortress#cite_note-spenc-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> Between the first half of 1700s and early 1920s it served as a prison for political criminals. It has functioned as a museum since 1924.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_Paul_Fortress#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_Paul_Fortress#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Today it has been adapted as the central and most important part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Museum_of_Saint_Petersburg_History" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Museum_of_Saint_Petersburg_History" rel="nofollow">State Museum of Saint Petersburg History</a>. The museum has gradually become virtually the sole owner of the fortress building, except the structure occupied by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_Mint" rel="nofollow">Saint Petersburg Mint</a> (Monetniy Dvor).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]280758[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 2796837, member: 301"]Got it !!!! The [B]Peter and Paul Fortress[/B] is the original [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel']citadel[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg']St. Petersburg[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL], founded by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Great']Peter the Great[/URL] in 1703 and built to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico_Trezzini']Domenico Trezzini[/URL]'s designs from 1706 to 1740 as a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastion_fort']star fortress[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_Paul_Fortress#cite_note-spenc-1'][1][/URL] Between the first half of 1700s and early 1920s it served as a prison for political criminals. It has functioned as a museum since 1924.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_Paul_Fortress#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] Today it has been adapted as the central and most important part of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Museum_of_Saint_Petersburg_History']State Museum of Saint Petersburg History[/URL]. The museum has gradually become virtually the sole owner of the fortress building, except the structure occupied by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_Mint']Saint Petersburg Mint[/URL] (Monetniy Dvor). [ATTACH=full]280758[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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