Fort Alexander, Saint Petersburg

Name: Fort Alexander
Address: Кронштадтский Морской Канал, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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Fort Alexander, also Fort Alexander I, or Plague Fort is a naval fortress on an artificial island in the Gulf of Finland near St. Petersburg and Kronstadt. From 1899 to 1917, the fort housed a research laboratory on plague and other bacterial diseases. ()

Local name: Форт «Император Александр I» Built: 1845 (180 years ago)Unesco: from 1990Area: 8.4 acres (0.0131 mi²)Coordinates: 59°59'23"N, 29°43'4"E

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Кронштадтский Морской КаналSaint Petersburg Russia

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Nearby attractions include: Kronstadt Naval Cathedral, Kronstadt Naval Museum, Oranienbaum, Kronstadt.

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, Museum, History museum
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