Kopor fortress in Leningrad region to be restored

The Kopor Fortress will be restored again in the Leningrad region. The museum agency of the region has announced a price request for landscaping near the fortress.

According to Delovoy Peterburg, this is reported in the Kontur system. Purchases". Applications are accepted until July 18. It is planned to build a museum building and a sanitary building, and put the surrounding area in order.

Parking for visitors, a turn-around area for tourist buses, parking for museum staff and disabled people will appear next to the fortress. In addition, the fortress moat will have to be strengthened, the fortress wall will be illuminated and the landscaping area will be illuminated.

The agency said that this is only a small part of the work that needs to be done. The fortress itself, as a monument of ancient Russian stone architecture, will also have to be restored. The Agency has prepared proposals for a development plan for the territory. It involves a large-scale restoration of the facility and landscaping.

Design decisions, the cost of work and the timing of their completion will depend on the outcome of the consideration of proposals by the regional government.

The 78 TV channel reminds that in 2022 the Kopor Fortress was opened to visitors after the collapse of the entrance arch.

Earlier, on June 26, it was reported that the State Hermitage Museum will be comprehensively restored within a few years. This was stated by the general director of the museum, Mikhail Piotrovsky. He pointed out that the entire complex of Hermitage buildings needs restoration, as it has been many years since it was last done.