Sampsonievsky Bridge
Sampsonievsky Bridge, was also known as Freedom Bridge during the 20th century, is a structure located over the Bolshaya Nevka river, St Petersburg, Russia.Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in St Petersburg, Russia
- Also known as: “Выборгский мост”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nakhimov Naval School and Saint Petersburg Mosque.
Nakhimov Naval School
College
Photo: Марина Ильева, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Nakhimov Naval School or Nakhimov School is a form of military education for teenagers introduced in the Soviet Union and once also located in other cities. They are named after well-known Russian admiral Pavel Nakhimov. Nakhimov Naval School is situated 360 metres southwest of Sampsonievsky Bridge.
Saint Petersburg Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Saint Petersburg Mosque, when opened in 1913, was the largest mosque in Europe outside Turkey. The mosque is situated in downtown St Petersburg. Its two minarets are 49 meters high and the dome is 39 meters high. Saint Petersburg Mosque is situated 1 km west of Sampsonievsky Bridge.
Cabin of Peter the Great
Museum
Photo: Yanachka, Public domain.
The cabin of Peter the Great is a small wooden house which was the first St Petersburg "palace" of Tsar Peter the Great. The log cabin was constructed in three days in May 1703, by soldiers of the Semyonovskiy Regiment. Cabin of Peter the Great is situated 630 metres southwest of Sampsonievsky Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peter and Paul Fortress and Vyborg Side.
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.
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.
Sampsonievsky Bridge
- Categories: bascule bridge and transportation
- Location: Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
59.95795° or 59° 57′ 29″ northLongitude
30.33737° or 30° 20′ 15″ eastOpen location code
9GFGX85P+5WOpenStreetMap ID
way 117802281OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q3563084
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Russian—“Sampsonievsky Bridge” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Сампсоніеўскі мост”
- French: “pont Saint-Samson”
- French: “Pont Saint-Samson”
- Georgian: “სამპსონიევსკის ხიდი”
- Italian: “Ponte della Libertà”
- Italian: “Ponte di San Sansone”
- Italian: “Ponte di Sansone”
- Lithuanian: “Sampsono tiltas”
- Russian: “Сампсониевский мост”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hard Candy and Ростехнадзор.
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