• On September 28, 2006, 78 years after her death, Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, was reinterred in the Cathedral of St Peter and Paul.
  • After the settlement of the spire of 40 meters high, Peter and Paul Cathedral was the tallest building in the city for almost 300 years.
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  • Until the middle of the 19th century, the Peter and Paul Cathedral served as a cathedral church, and then it was assigned to the court department.
  • Peter and Paul Cathedral is a hall church, with nave and side aisles of approximately equal height, united under a single immense roof.
  • The Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul is the oldest church in St. Petersburg, and also the second-tallest building in the city (after the television tower).
  • This cathedral, located on the territory of the Peter and Paul Fortress, is one of the main structures to visit. It is much simpler on the outside than on the inside.
  • The stone Peter and Paul Cathedral was laid on May 30 (June 10), 1712 on the site of a wooden church. The construction of the cathedral was completed in 1733.
  • In addition, already during the reign of Peter the Peter and Paul Cathedral became the official burial vault for the Russian tsars.
  • But the center of the fortress - and of the city - will forever remain the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, crowned by a golden spire and a guardian angel.