Monument to the Sunken Ships
The Monument to the Sunken Ships is the symbol of the city of Sevastopol, on the disputed Crimean peninsula. Located in Sevastopol Bay, it was designed by Amandus Adamson and built by Valentin Feldmann in 1905.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Memorial
- Description: monument in Sevastopol
- Also known as: “Memorial to the sunken ships” and “Sunken Ships Monument”
- Inscription: “А. Адамсонъ Скульп. 1904. Въ память кораблей, затопленныхъ въ 1854 и 1855 г.г. для загражденiя входа на рейдъ”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Memorial to Admiral P.S. Nakhimov and Lunacharsky Theatre.
Memorial to Admiral P.S. Nakhimov
Memorial
Photo: Russianname, CC BY 3.0.
Memorial to Admiral P.S. Nakhimov is situated 210 metres southeast of Monument to the Sunken Ships.
Lunacharsky Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Alexostrov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lunacharsky Theatre is a theater building, which is situated 500 metres southwest of Monument to the Sunken Ships.
Mikhail Kroshitsky Sevastopol Art Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The M.Kroshitsky Sevastopol Art Museum is an art museum located in the Crimean city of Sevastopol. The museum is located in the centre of the city, in a "remarkable" four-story mansion with a "magnificently decorated facade," built in the late 19th century by the "personal honorary citizen of Sevastopol" merchant Semyon Gavalov. Mikhail Kroshitsky Sevastopol Art Museum is situated 550 metres south of Monument to the Sunken Ships.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central hill and Radiogorka in Sevastopol.
Radiogorka in Sevastopol
Suburb
Photo: Alexxx1979, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Radiogorka in Sevastopol is a suburb.
Monument to the Sunken Ships
- Categories: monument and historic site
- Location: Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
44.61834° or 44° 37′ 6″ northLongitude
33.52429° or 33° 31′ 28″ eastOpen location code
8GPMJG9F+8POpenStreetMap ID
node 1186315435OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialGeoNames ID
12097032Wikidata ID
Q14681
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Monument to the Sunken Ships” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “沉船纪念碑”
- Czech: “Pomník potopeným lodím”
- Estonian: “Uputatud laevade monument”
- French: “monument aux navires coulés”
- French: “Monument aux navires coulés”
- German: “Denkmal der versenkten Schiffe”
- German: “Gedenkstele für gesunkene Schiffe”
- Italian: “monumento alle navi affondate”
- Italian: “Monumento alle navi affondate”
- Russian: “Памятник затопленным кораблям”
- Spanish: “Monumento a los barcos hundidos en la guerra de Crimea”
- Spanish: “Monumento a los barcos hundidos”
- Spanish: “Monumento a los Buques Hundidos”
- Swedish: “Monument till de sjunkna fartygen”
- Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник затопленим кораблям”
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