Palace Square

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city square public square

Palace Square is the grand central square of St. Petersburg, Russia, known for its historic role in imperial ceremonies and revolutionary events and for being framed by the Winter Palace and the General Staff Building.

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Label Occurrences
Palace Square canonical 25
Palace Square ensemble 3
Palace Square area 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city square ⓘ
public square ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque architecture ⓘ
Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
borderedBy Admiralty building ⓘ
surface form: Admiralty Building

Alexander Column ⓘ
General Staff Building ⓘ
Winter Palace ⓘ
connectsTo Admiralty Embankment ⓘ
Millionnaya Street ⓘ
Nevsky Prospekt ⓘ
coordinateLocation 59.939°N 30.315°E ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
currentUse public open space ⓘ
designedBy Carlo Rossi ⓘ
hasPart Alexander Column ⓘ
hasViewOf Neva River ⓘ
Peter and Paul Fortress ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalPeriod Russian Empire ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
inception 18th century ⓘ
locatedIn St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg

Tsentralny District of Saint Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Tsentralny District, Saint Petersburg
locatedInTimeZone UTC+3 ⓘ
namedAfter Winter Palace ⓘ
near Neva River ⓘ
Palace Embankment ⓘ
officialLanguage Russian ⓘ
owner Government of Saint Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: City of Saint Petersburg authorities
partOf Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments ⓘ
shape irregular oval ⓘ
significantEvent 1812 victory celebrations ⓘ
Bloody Sunday (1905) ⓘ
Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: February Revolution (1917)

New Year celebrations in Saint Petersburg ⓘ
Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: October Revolution (1917)

Soviet-era military parades ⓘ
Storming of the Winter Palace ⓘ
Victory Day parades ⓘ
surface paved ⓘ
touristAttraction major tourist attraction in Saint Petersburg ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 540 ⓘ
usedFor concerts ⓘ
military parades ⓘ
political demonstrations ⓘ
public gatherings ⓘ
state ceremonies ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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St. Petersburg → hasLandmark → Palace Square ⓘ
General Staff Building → locatedOn → Palace Square ⓘ
General Staff Building → partOf → Palace Square ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace Square ensemble
Winter Palace → hasPart → Palace Square ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace Square façade
Winter Palace → faces → Palace Square ⓘ
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments → hasPart → Palace Square ⓘ
Palace Embankment → locatedNear → Palace Square ⓘ
Moika River → near → Palace Square ⓘ
Admiralty building → locatedNear → Palace Square ⓘ
Tsentralny District of Saint Petersburg → contains → Palace Square ⓘ
Alexander Column → location → Palace Square ⓘ
Alexander Column → partOf → Palace Square ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace Square ensemble
Carlo Rossi → notableWork → Palace Square ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace Square ensemble
Admiralty Embankment → near → Palace Square ⓘ
Millionnaya Street → locatedNear → Palace Square ⓘ
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire → hasLandmark → Palace Square ⓘ
Triumphal Arch of the General Staff Building → locatedIn → Palace Square ⓘ
Triumphal Arch of the General Staff Building → connects → Palace Square ⓘ
Pevchesky Bridge → locatedNear → Palace Square ⓘ
Pushkin Apartment Museum on the Moika → near → Palace Square ⓘ
Admiralteyskaya metro station → locatedNear → Palace Square ⓘ
Pevchesky Bridge → locatedNear → Palace Square ⓘ
Nevsky Prospekt–Gostiny Dvor metro hub → locatedNear → Palace Square ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace Square area
Senate Square → locatedNear → Palace Square ⓘ
Admiralty → locatedNear → Palace Square ⓘ
Dvortsovy Municipal Okrug → contains → Palace Square ⓘ
Admiralty spire → visibleFrom → Palace Square ⓘ
Admiralty spire → near → Palace Square ⓘ
Bolshaya Morskaya Street → locatedNear → Palace Square ⓘ
Palace Passage → locatedNear → Palace Square ⓘ