Architecture
Ravelin Gate
- Hours
- No fixed schedule; the gate is not locked.
- Price
- Access to the Annenkrone fortifications is free.
- How to visit
- An open historic site on Petrovskaya Street; visitors can pass through the gate and explore the fortifications independently. There is no interior access.
- Hours
- Free entry
- Hours
- Good after dark
- Hours
- About 15 min
Why it is worth the detour
A traveller leaving eighteenth-century Vyborg had to pass the Friedrichshamn Gate, cross the ditch onto a detached ravelin and then go through this second stone gateway. A new highway cut through the fortifications in 1865, leaving the former military approach as a quiet pedestrian route where the old defensive choreography is still legible.
Ravelin Gate is a hidden gem in Vyborg, offering a glimpse into the city's military past. It serves as a quiet pedestrian route where the old defensive structures are still visible.
What else is close by
The nearest places we have written up, with straight-line distance from here.
50 m
Annenkrone
An early 18th-century fortification built by Peter the Great and completed by Anna of Russia.
150 m
Friedrichshamn Gate
These gates once controlled the fortified road west toward Friedrichshamn, forcing travellers through successive walls, ditches and a ravelin. The surrounding trenches later acquired a darker history: after White forces captured Vyborg in April 1918, Russian civilians were among those executed near the gates.
150 m
Petrovskaya Embankment
In the sixteenth century, poorer townspeople began settling on this shore partly to escape the customs duties charged for trading inside walled Vyborg. Their improvised wooden suburb was later cleared for barracks, supply stores and powder magazines, turning a haven for duty avoidance into a tightly controlled military landscape.
350 m
Monument to Peter I in Vyborg
A bronze statue of Russian Emperor Peter I, known for its rich history of relocations.
400 m
Peter I Monogram Rock
A carved monogram and cross on this high rock traditionally mark the command position from which Peter I observed or directed the 1710 bombardment of Vyborg. The carving's personal authorship is legendary rather than proven, but the site became a focus of imperial memory and offers a direct view toward the conquered castle. ([monreposmuseum.ru](https://monreposmuseum.ru/kron-krepost-sv-anny/pamyatnik-russkomu-oboronnomu-zodchestvu-chast-vi-mezh-dvuh-stoletij/?utm_source=openai))
550 m
Krepostnoy Bridge in Vyborg
The first permanent bridge across the Krepostnoy Strait in Vyborg, connecting the historic city center with Tverdysh Island.
Walk it with the stories
This address is one stop among many. Our routes and quests link them into a walk that makes sense on the ground.