Statue of Leif Erikson
Leif Eriksson is an outdoor statue by Anne Whitney at the west end of the Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Installed in 1887, it was the first public sculpture to honor the Norse explorer in the New World.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: statue in Boston, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Leif Erickson Statue”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Charlesgate Hotel and Hynes Convention Center station.
Hynes Convention Center station
Railway station
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Hynes Convention Center station is an underground light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line. It is located at the intersection of Newbury Street and Massachusetts Avenue near the western end of the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fenway-Kenmore and Back Bay.
Fenway-Kenmore
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The Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood is named after Kenmore Square, and after the Fens, both of which it encompasses. Kenmore Square is the area's dynamic urban center.
Back Bay
Suburb
Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.
Kendall Square
Locality
Kendall Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The square itself is located at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway.
Statue of Leif Erikson
- Category: statue
- Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Statue of Leif Erikson” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Leif Erickson Statue”
- Turkish: “Leif Erikson Heykeli”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as West Fens and South End.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Boston Emergency Medical Center and Boylston Street Bridge.
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