Statue of Yuri Gagarin
The statue of Yuri Gagarin in London is a zinc statue showing the cosmonaut wearing a spacesuit and standing atop a globe. The 3.5-metre high statue is a replica of an original by Anatoly Novikov in Lyubertsy, where Gagarin was trained as a foundry worker.
- Work of art
- …is a statue
- Description: sculpture after Anatoly Novikov, in London
- Also known as“Statue of Yuri Gagarin, London”“Yuri Gagarin”“Yuri Gagarin statue”
- Established: March 9, 2013
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Observatory and Greenwich Park.
Royal Observatory
Museum
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is an observatory…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenwich and Blackheath.
Blackheath Royal Standard
Quarter
Blackheath Royal Standard is a quarter.
Statue of Yuri Gagarin
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Latitude
51.47677° or 51° 28′ 36″ north
Longitude
-0.00065° or 0° 0′ 2″ west
Open location code
9C3XFXGX+PP
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OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artwork
OpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statue
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Russian—“Statue of Yuri Gagarin” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Socha Jurije Gagarina”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال يورى جاجارين”
- Esperanto: “Statuo de Juri Gagarin”
- Russian: “Памятник Юрию Гагарину (Лондон)”
- Russian: “Памятник Юрию Гагарину”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gagarin Terrace and Peter Harrison Planetarium.
Nearby Places
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