Red Square

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UNESCO World Heritage Site city square public square tourist attraction

Red Square is Moscow’s most famous historic plaza, known as a symbolic center of Russia and a UNESCO World Heritage site surrounded by landmarks like the Kremlin and Saint Basil’s Cathedral.

Aliases (6)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site → city square → public square → tourist attraction →
adjacentTo	GUM department store → Kazan Cathedral (Moscow) → Kremlin Wall Necropolis → Lenin’s Mausoleum → Moscow Kremlin → Resurrection Gate → Saint Basil’s Cathedral → State Historical Museum →
area	approximately 23,100 square metres →
country	Russia →
famousFor	Soviet-era military parades → historic architecture → political significance →
formerSurfaceMaterial	wooden planks →
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	545-001 →
hasViewOf	Nikolskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin → Saint Basil’s Cathedral domes → Senate Tower of the Moscow Kremlin → Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin →
heritageCriteria	(i) → (ii) → (iv) →
historicalFunction	marketplace → site of military parades → site of public ceremonies → site of public proclamations →
length	approximately 330 metres →
locatedIn	Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow → Moscow → Tverskoy District →
locatedNear	Moskva River →
nameInRussian	Красная площадь →
nameMeaning	"Red" historically meaning "beautiful" in Russian →
partOf	historic centre of Moscow →
partOfUNESCOSite	Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow →
surfaceMaterial	cobblestone →
symbolicRole	iconic image of Moscow → symbolic center of Russia →
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1990 →
UNESCOSiteType	cultural →
usedFor	New Year events → Victory Day military parades → concerts → public celebrations → state ceremonies →
width	approximately 70 metres →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Central Administrative Okrug → Central Federal District → Moscow → Moscow ("Saint Basil's Cathedral") →	contains
GUM department store → Kremlin Wall Necropolis → Lenin Mausoleum → St. Basil's Cathedral →	locatedIn
Kremlin → Spasskaya Tower →	adjacentTo
Konstantin Rokossovsky → Vladimir Lenin ("Red Square, Moscow") →	burialPlace
Okhotny Ryad Street, Moscow → State Kremlin Palace →	locatedNear
Spasskaya Tower →	faces
Moscow ("Kremlin and Red Square") →	hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite
State Kremlin Palace ("Moscow Kremlin and Red Square") →	heritageSiteOf
State Historical Museum →	locatedOn
Victory Day parades ("Red Square, Moscow") →	mainLocation
Prince Dmitry Pozharsky →	monumentLocation
Red Square ("Красная площадь") →	nameInRussian
Tverskaya Street, Moscow →	near
Kremlin →	overlooks
Lenin Mausoleum ("Red Square ensemble") →	partOf