Russia
NW Russia
Leningrad Oblast

Menshikov Palace

The Menshikov Palace is a Petrine Baroque edifice in , situated on Universitetskaya Embankment of the Bolshaya Neva on .
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday—Sunday: 10:30 AM—6:00 PM
    Wednesday and Friday: 10:30 AM—8:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: building
  • Also known as: “Menshikov Palace (Saint Petersburg)”
  • Address: Университетская набережная 15
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Peter the Great and Senate Square.

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The Bronze Horseman is an of in the in , Russia. It was opened to the public on 18 August 1782. is situated 450 metres southeast of Menshikov Palace.

Square
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, formerly known as Decembrists' Square from the 1920s to 2008, and as Peter's Square, from 1782 to 1925, is a city square in , . is situated 510 metres southeast of Menshikov Palace.

Obelisk
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The is a granite obelisk located in . It is at the centre of Rumyantsev Square, on , between the Menshikov Palace and the Saint Petersburg Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. is situated 190 metres west of Menshikov Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Petersburg and Peter and Paul Fortress.

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, 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.

Neighborhood
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The is the original citadel of , Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.

Suburb
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Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in , , covering 14 hectares. It is currently under a massive long-term renovation project.

Menshikov Palace

Latitude
59.93893° or 59° 56′ 20″ north
Longitude
30.29577° or 30° 17′ 45″ east
Levels
3
Operator
Государственный Эрмитаж
Open location code
9GFGW7QW+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 216655164
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q975426
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Menshikov Palace” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Menşikov sarayı”
  • Belarusian: “Меншыкаўскі палац (Санкт-Пецярбург)”
  • Belarusian: “Меншыкаўскі палац”
  • Bulgarian: “Меншиковски дворец”
  • Chinese: “緬希科夫宮”
  • Dutch: “Mensjikovpaleis”
  • Esperanto: “Palaco de Menŝikov”
  • Finnish: “Menšikovin palatsi”
  • French: “palais Menchikov”
  • French: “Palais Menchikov”
  • German: “Menschikow-Palais”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון מנשיקוב”
  • Italian: “Palazzo Menshikov”
  • Italian: “Palazzo Menšikov”
  • Japanese: “メンシコフ宮殿”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mensjikovpalasset”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mensjikovpalasset”
  • Norwegian: “Mensjikovpalasset”
  • Polish: “Pałac Mienszykowa”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio Menchikov”
  • Romanian: “Palatul Menșikov (Sankt Petersburg)”
  • Russian: “дворец Меншикова”
  • Russian: “Дворец Меншикова”
  • Russian: “Меншиковский дворец”
  • Scots: “Menshikov Pailace”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Menshikov”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Ménshikov”
  • Turkish: “Menşikov Sarayı”
  • Ukrainian: “Меншиковський палац”

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