Saint Petersburg TV Tower

Saint Petersburg Television Tower is a 326 m steel lattice television tower in , . 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.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: architectural structure
  • Also known as: “Pietarin TV-torni”, “Saint Petersburg Television Tower”, “St. Petersburg TV Tower”, “Tour de television de Saint-Petersbourg”, “TV-toren van Sint-Petersburg”, “Ленинградская телебашня”, “Петербургская телебашня”, “Санкт-Петербургская телебашня”, “Телебашня в Петербурге”, “Телебашня в Санкт-Петербурге”, “Телебашня Петербурга”, “Телебашня Санкт-Петербурга”, “상트페테르부르크TV타워”, and “サンクトペテルブルクテレビタワー”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Kantemirovsky Bridge and Church of the Transfiguration on Aptekarsky Island.

Bridge
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Kantemirovskiy Bridge is a large modern drawbridge… is situated 210 metres north of Saint Petersburg TV Tower.

Church
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is situated 440 metres southeast of Saint Petersburg TV Tower.

Castle
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is a former imperial palace… is situated 1 km west of Saint Petersburg TV Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vyborg Side and Petrograd Side.

Suburb
'The Side is the traditional name of the…

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Neighborhood
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The is the original citadel… is situated 3 km south of Saint Petersburg TV Tower.

Saint Petersburg TV Tower

Latitude
59.97668° or 59° 58′ 36″ north
Longitude
30.32088° or 30° 19′ 15″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
9GFGX8GC+M9
Geo­Names ID
7282091
Wiki­data ID
Q1355638
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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: “Televisietoren van Sint-Petersburg”
  • Finnish: “Pietarin televisiotorni”
  • 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塔”
  • Korean: “상트페테르부르크 TV 타워”
  • Persian: “برج تلویزیونی سنت پترزبورگ”
  • Portuguese: “Torre de TV de São Petersburgo”
  • Russian: “Санкт-петербургская телебашня”
  • 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

Places to explore: Sampsonievskiy and Kamenniy ostrov.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Guyot and Grand Hotel Petrogradskiy.

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