Soldiers and Sailors Monument
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a monument erected in Boston Common in downtown Boston, dedicated to soldiers and sailors of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts who died in the American Civil War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Massachusetts State House and Boston Public Garden.
Massachusetts State House
Government building
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The Massachusetts State House, also known as the Massachusetts Statehouse or the New State House, is the state capitol and seat of government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. Massachusetts State House is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Soldiers and Sailors Monument.
Boston Public Garden
Park
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The Public Garden, also known as Boston Public Garden, is a large park in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, adjacent to Boston Common. It is a part of the Emerald Necklace system of parks and is bounded by Charles Street and Boston Common to the east, Beacon Street and Beacon Hill to the north, Arlington Street and Back Bay to the west, and Boylston Street to the south.
Headquarters House
Museum
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William Hickling Prescott House, also known as the Headquarters House, is an historic house museum located at 55 Beacon Street on Beacon Hill in Boston, Massachusetts. Headquarters House is situated 670 feet northwest of Soldiers and Sailors Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beacon Hill and Back Bay-Beacon Hill.
Beacon Hill
Suburb
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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.
Back Bay-Beacon Hill
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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.
Downtown Boston
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Downtown Boston is really the heart of the city. Boston City Hall is here, and many powerful companies and agencies are headquartered in the area. Since urban planning was done here before the advent of the automobile, this area of town has secured a decidedly European flavor.
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
- Type: Monument
- Description: monument in Boston
- Category: historic site
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.35547° or 42° 21′ 20″ northLongitude
-71.06641° or 71° 3′ 59″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
87JC9W4M+5COpenStreetMap ID
node 358277245OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Soldiers and Sailors Monument” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Soldiers and Sailors Monument (parke sa Estados Unidos, Massachusetts)”
- Cebuano: “Soldiers and Sailors Monument”
- German: “Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Boston)”
- German: “Soldiers and Sailors Monument”
- Spanish: “Monumento a los soldados y marineros (Boston)”
- Spanish: “Monumento a los soldados y marineros”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Soldiers and Sailors Monument”. Photo: GearedBull, CC BY 2.5.