🏛 Peter and Paul Cathedral

Санкт-Петербург, Петропавловская крепость, 3Ж

Trezzini's cathedral with a 122.5 m spire, the burial place of the Romanovs from Peter I to Nicholas II.

The cathedral was built in 1712–1733; until 1952 it remained the tallest building in Russia, and in Petersburg until 1962.
The stone cathedral was built around a working wooden church, which remained inside the construction site.
In 1830 the roofer Pyotr Telushkin repaired the angel on the spire, climbing up without scaffolding.
The carved iconostasis, almost 20 metres high, was made in Moscow in 1722–1727 — a gift from Peter I and Catherine I.
Peter I was only buried on 29 May 1731 — until then his coffin stood in a temporary chapel inside the unfinished cathedral.
The bell tower has 103 bells, 31 of them a Dutch carillon of 1757; carillon concerts are sometimes held.
The chimes used to play the hymn "How Glorious Is Our Lord in Zion" at the start of every hour.

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