Saint Petersburg TV Tower
Saint Petersburg Television Tower is a 326 m Russian steel lattice television tower in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Being the first dedicated television tower in the Soviet Union, the Saint Petersburg TV Tower is utilized for transmitting for FM-/TV-broadcasting throughout the federal city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tower
- Description: architectural structure
- Also known as: “Saint Petersburg Television Tower”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kantemirovsky Bridge and Church of the Transfiguration on Aptekarsky Island.
Kantemirovsky Bridge
Bridge
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Kantemirovskiy Bridge is a large modern drawbridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia across the Bolshaya Nevka arm of the Neva river. The bridge connects the northern Aptekarsky Island of the north-central Petrogradsky District on Petrograd Side with northeastern Vyborgskiy District of the city and over it with the northeast and east of Saint Petersburg. Kantemirovsky Bridge is situated 210 metres north of Saint Petersburg TV Tower.
Church of the Transfiguration on Aptekarsky Island
Church
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Church of the Transfiguration on Aptekarsky Island is situated 440 metres southeast of Saint Petersburg TV Tower.
Botanical Museum
Museum
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Botanical Museum is situated 620 metres south of Saint Petersburg TV Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vyborg Side and Petrograd Side.
Vyborg Side
Suburb
'The Vyborg Side is the traditional name of the northern and northeastern part of Saint Petersburg, Russia on the right-hand bank of the city's main waterway Neva and its first right-hand arm the Bolshaya Nevka.
Petrograd Side
Photo: Мария.Б., CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Petrograd Side is a borough in Saint Petersburg consisting of the islands of the northern part of the Neva delta. Mostly residential, it is also home to several smaller universities, stadiums of FC Zenit and the tallest structure of the city, a 326-m-high TV tower.
Peter and Paul Fortress
Neighborhood
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The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of Saint Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress. Peter and Paul Fortress is situated 3 km south of Saint Petersburg TV Tower.
Saint Petersburg TV Tower
- Category: television tower
- Location: Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Saint Petersburg TV Tower from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Veps—“Saint Petersburg TV Tower” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برج تلفزيون سانت بطرسبرغ”
- Azerbaijani: “Sankt-Peterburq teleqülləsi”
- Chinese: “圣彼得堡电视塔”
- Chinese: “聖彼得堡電視塔”
- Dutch: “Saint Petersburg TV Tower”
- Dutch: “Televisietoren van Sint-Petersburg”
- Dutch: “TV-toren van Sint-Petersburg”
- Finnish: “Pietarin televisiotorni”
- Finnish: “Pietarin TV-torni”
- French: “Tour de television de Saint-Petersbourg”
- French: “tour de télévision de Saint-Pétersbourg”
- French: “Tour de télévision de Saint-Pétersbourg”
- German: “Fernsehturm Sankt Petersburg”
- Hebrew: “מגדל הטלוויזיה של סנקט פטרבורג”
- Indonesian: “Menara TV Saint Petersburg”
- Italian: “torre televisiva di San Pietroburgo”
- Italian: “Torre televisiva di San Pietroburgo”
- Japanese: “サンクトペテルブルクテレビタワー”
- Japanese: “サンクトペテルブルクテレビ塔”
- Korean: “상트페테르부르크 TV 타워”
- Korean: “상트페테르부르크TV타워”
- Persian: “برج تلویزیونی سنت پترزبورگ”
- Portuguese: “St. Petersburg TV Tower”
- Portuguese: “Torre de TV de São Petersburgo”
- Russian: “Ленинградская телебашня”
- Russian: “Петербургская телебашня”
- Russian: “Санкт-петербургская телебашня”
- Russian: “Санкт-Петербургская телебашня”
- Russian: “Телебашня в Петербурге”
- Russian: “Телебашня в Санкт-Петербурге”
- Russian: “Телебашня Петербурга”
- Russian: “Телебашня Санкт-Петербурга”
- Russian: “Телевизионная башня Ленинградского радиотелевизионного передающего центра”
- Spanish: “Torre de televisión de San Petersburgo”
- Turkish: “Sankt-Peterburg Televizyon Kulesi”
- Uzbek: “Sankt-Peterburg teleminorasi”
- Veps: “Piterin TV-čuhunduz”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sampsonievskiy and Kamenniy ostrov.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Guyot and Grand Hotel Petrogradskiy.
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