Palace Square
Palace Square, connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge leading to Vasilievsky Island, is the central city square of St Petersburg and of the former Russian Empire.Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include General Staff Building and The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood.
General Staff Building
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The General Staff Building is an edifice with a 580 m-long bow-shaped facade, situated on Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in front of the Winter Palace. General Staff Building is situated 180 metres southeast of Palace Square.
The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood
Museum
Photo: AndreyWi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is a Russian Orthodox church in Saint Petersburg, Russia which currently functions as a secular museum and church at the same time. The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood is situated 760 metres east of Palace Square.
Peter the Great
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bronze Horseman is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great in the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was opened to the public on 18 August 1782. Peter the Great is situated 800 metres southwest of Palace Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint Petersburg and Peter and Paul Fortress.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, known as Petrograd in 1914-1924 and Leningrad in 1924-1991, is the second largest city of Russia, with 5.6 million inhabitants, the fourth most populous city in Europe, the world's northernmost city of at least a million residents, and the former capital of the Russian Empire.
Peter and Paul Fortress
Neighborhood
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Apraksin Dvor
Suburb
Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in Saint Petersburg, Russia, covering 14 hectares. It is currently under a massive long-term renovation project.
Palace Square
- Type: Square
- Description: central city square of St Petersburg, Russia
- Category: architectural ensemble
- Location: Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Veps—“Palace Square” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ساحة القصر”
- Armenian: “Պալատական հրապարակ (Սանկտ Պետերբուրգ)”
- Armenian: “Պալատական հրապարակ”
- Belarusian: “Дварцовая плошча”
- Belarusian: “Палацавая плошча, Санкт-Пецярбург”
- Belarusian: “Палацавая плошча”
- Chinese: “冬宫广场”
- Chinese: “冬宮廣場”
- Czech: “Palácové náměstí v Petrohradu”
- Czech: “Palácové náměstí”
- Dutch: “Paleisplein”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان القصر”
- Esperanto: “Palaca placo”
- Estonian: “Paleeväljak”
- Finnish: “Palatsiaukio”
- French: “place du Palais”
- French: “Place du Palais”
- Georgian: “სასახლის მოედანი”
- German: “Palastplatz”
- German: “Schlossplatz”
- Greek: “Πλατεία του Παλατιού”
- Hebrew: “כיכר הארמון”
- Italian: “piazza del Palazzo”
- Italian: “Piazza del Palazzo”
- Japanese: “宮殿広場”
- Korean: “궁전광장”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Palasstorget”
- Persian: “میدان کاخ (سنت پترزبورگ)”
- Persian: “میدان کاخ”
- Polish: “Plac Pałacowy”
- Portuguese: “Praça do Palácio”
- Romanian: “Piața Palatului”
- Russian: “Дворцовая площадь”
- Slovenian: “Dvorcovaja ploščad”
- Slovenian: “Dvorni trg”
- Spanish: “Dvortsovaya Ploshchad”
- Spanish: “Plaza del Hermitage”
- Spanish: “Plaza del Palacio”
- Swedish: “Palatstorget”
- Tatar: “Сарай мәйданы”
- Turkish: “Saray Meydanı”
- Ukrainian: “Двірцева площа”
- Ukrainian: “Дворцова площа”
- Ukrainian: “Палацова площа”
- Ukrainian: “Палацька площа”
- Veps: “Pert’kulun torg”
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