* Author's walking tour of the Peter and Paul Fortress for individual groups. Are you in the city for the first time and want to visit the heart of St. Petersburg, or are you a St. Petersburg resident and decided to stroll through familiar places and hear the author's story about the place where the birth of the city began? Then this 2-hour guided tour is for you! Why did Tsar Peter choose Hare Island to build a fortress? Why was this island called Funny and Damn before? You will not only learn how the fortress was built, but you will also easily understand the military engineering science with the wonderful name "fortification", and you will be able to show off your knowledge in a society of intellectuals by talking about batardos, turrets, ravelins, crown towers and sorties. You will find out how many battles the fortress has withstood and what traditions have been preserved on its territory to this day. We will pass through the triumphal Petrovsky Gate, which Peter himself admired, and find out what the beautiful statue of Prudence sees in the mirror, read the message on the panel sent to us in allegorical form by the sculptor Osner. You will learn how the Peter and Paul Fortress became the place where almost all the emperors of the Romanov family were seen off and the place of political prisoners. What 4 rules could drive the prisoners of the Trubetskoy bastion crazy. Why was the Nevsky Gate called the "gate of death", and the square in front of the guardhouse "Plyasovaya"? We will see the first professional cemetery in St. Petersburg and find out where a unicorn appeared on one of the tombstones. We will visit Peter and Paul Cathedral together and enjoy the work of the famous architect D. Trezzini and the Russian architects who created the unique carved iconostasis. You will find out where the name crimson bell came from, hear the sound of the carillon and be surprised at how the Masons inherited it. Of course, we will talk about the fates of great and little-known people, about heroes and adventurers, eternal love, ceremonies, about the life of a Great city, and we will definitely look into the secret passage in which the ghost lives.