Red Square
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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.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Red Square canonical | 58 |
| Red Square, Moscow | 2 |
| Красная площадь | 2 |
| Kremlin and Red Square | 1 |
| Kremlin and Red Square UNESCO World Heritage Site | 1 |
| Moscow Kremlin and Red Square | 1 |
| Red Square area | 1 |
| Red Square ensemble | 1 |
| Red Square vicinity | 1 |
| Saint Basil's Cathedral | 1 |
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 Mausoleum ⓘ
surface form:
Lenin’s Mausoleum
Kremlin ⓘ
surface form:
Moscow Kremlin
Resurrection Gate ⓘ St. Basil's Cathedral ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow
Moscow ⓘ Central Administrative Okrug ⓘ
surface form:
Tverskoy District
|
| locatedNear | Moskva River ⓘ |
| nameInRussian |
Red Square
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Красная площадь
|
| nameMeaning | "Red" historically meaning "beautiful" in Russian ⓘ |
| partOf | historic centre of Moscow ⓘ |
| partOfUNESCOSite |
Kremlin
ⓘ
surface form:
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 parades ⓘ
surface form:
Victory Day military parades
concerts ⓘ public celebrations ⓘ state ceremonies ⓘ |
| width | approximately 70 metres ⓘ |
Referenced by (69)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kremlin and Red Square
this entity surface form:
Red Square, Moscow
this entity surface form:
Красная площадь
this entity surface form:
Red Square ensemble
this entity surface form:
Moscow Kremlin and Red Square
this entity surface form:
Red Square, Moscow
this entity surface form:
Red Square area
this entity surface form:
Red Square vicinity
this entity surface form:
Kremlin and Red Square UNESCO World Heritage Site
this entity surface form:
Красная площадь