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Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument

The Indiana State Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a 284 ft 6 in tall neoclassical built on Monument Circle, a circular, brick-paved street that intersects Meridian and Market streets in the center of downtown Indianapolis, Indiana.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: monument in Indianapolis
  • Also known as: “Soldiers & Sailors Monument”, “Soldiers and Sailors Monument”, and “Soldiers‘ and Sailors’ Monument”
  • Address: 1 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, IN 46204
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gainbridge Fieldhouse and Christ Church Cathedral.

Stadium
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is an indoor arena in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It opened in November 1999 to replace Market Square Arena. The arena is the home of the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association and the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Church
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is the cathedral for the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis in the U.S. state of Indiana. Christ Church parish was formally organized in 1837.

Theater building
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The , originally called the Circle Theatre, is in , Indiana, on Monument Circle in the Washington Street-Monument Circle Historic District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Indianapolis and Mass Ave Cultural Arts District.

Photo: Prabhakar Koduri, CC BY 2.0.
is the capital of and also the state’s largest city. Efforts to beautify and modernize the city have brought into the 21st century as a world-class destination for everything from business meetings and trade conventions to backpackers making their way across the States.

Neighborhood
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The , colloquially known as Mass Ave, is a designated cultural district in , Indiana, United States. The district centers on 0.86 miles of its namesake Massachusetts Avenue, from its southern terminus at New York and Delaware streets to its northern terminus at Bellefontaine Street.

Locality
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Chatham–Arch is a neighborhood located immediately east of Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. This neighborhood is one of the oldest in Indianapolis, dating back to the mid 19th century.

Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument

Latitude
39.76852° or 39° 46′ 7″ north
Longitude
-86.15804° or 86° 9′ 29″ west
Elevation
719 feet (219 metres)
Inception
May 15th, 1902
Open location code
86FMQR9R+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 339773760
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­obelisk
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6347204
Wiki­data ID
Q1748884
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “印第安纳波利斯士兵与水手纪念碑”
  • Chinese: “士兵与水手纪念碑”
  • Dutch: “Soldiers‘ and Sailors’ Monument (Indianapolis)”
  • Dutch: “Soldiers‘ and Sailors’ Monument”
  • Dutch: “Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument”
  • French: “Soldiers‘ and Sailors’ Monument”
  • French: “Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument”
  • German: “Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument”
  • Russian: “Монумент морякам и солдатам”
  • Russian: “Монумент солдатам и морякам в Индианаполисе”
  • Spanish: “Monumento Circulo”
  • Spanish: “Monumento Círculo”
  • Ukrainian: “Монумент солдатам і морякам (Індіанаполіс)”
  • Ukrainian: “Монумент солдатам і морякам”

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Highlights include Spark on the Circle and Hilbert Circle Theater.

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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: alexsaelee, CC BY 2.0.