Federation Square

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cultural precinct public square tourist attraction

Federation Square is a major cultural and public gathering precinct in central Melbourne, known for its distinctive contemporary architecture and museums, galleries, and event spaces.

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Surface form Occurrences
Fed Square Pty Ltd 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural precinct ⓘ
public square ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architect Bates Smart ⓘ
Donald Bates ⓘ
Lab Architecture Studio ⓘ
Peter Davidson ⓘ
citySquareRole major civic space for Melbourne ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1998 ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
developer Government of Victoria ⓘ
surface form: Victorian Government
floorArea approximately 3.2 hectares ⓘ
hasComponent ACMI cinemas ⓘ
Australian Centre for the Moving Image ⓘ
BMW Edge (former name of Deakin Edge) ⓘ
Deakin Edge theatre ⓘ
SBS studios ⓘ
The Atrium ⓘ
National Gallery of Victoria ⓘ
surface form: The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia

bars ⓘ
cafes ⓘ
large outdoor screen ⓘ
public plaza ⓘ
restaurants ⓘ
visitor centre ⓘ
hasPublicTransportConnection Flinders Street Station ⓘ
surface form: Flinders Street railway station

Melbourne tram network ⓘ
heritageStatus included on the Victorian Heritage Register ⓘ
inauguratedBy Jeff Kennett ⓘ
locatedIn Melbourne ⓘ
surface form: Central Business District of Melbourne

Melbourne ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
locatedNear Flinders Street Station ⓘ
surface form: Flinders Street railway station

St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne ⓘ
Yarra River ⓘ
locatedOn Flinders Street ⓘ
managedBy Federation Square self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fed Square Pty Ltd
materialUsed glass ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
zinc ⓘ
namedAfter Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
surface form: Australian Federation of 1901
openingDate 2002-10-26 ⓘ
owner Government of Victoria ⓘ
surface form: State Government of Victoria
style contemporary architecture ⓘ
deconstructivism ⓘ
usedFor concerts ⓘ
cultural festivals ⓘ
public events ⓘ
public gatherings ⓘ
sports broadcasts ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Melbourne → hasLandmark → Federation Square ⓘ
Federation Square → managedBy → Federation Square self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fed Square Pty Ltd
Hosier Lane → near → Federation Square ⓘ
Yarra River → near → Federation Square ⓘ
Flinders Street Station → nearbyLandmark → Federation Square ⓘ