Senate Square

Senate Square, formerly known as Decembrists' Square from the 1920s to 2008, and as Peter's Square, from 1782 to 1925, is a city square in , .
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Photo: Иерей Максим Массалитин, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Peter the Great and The presidential library named after B. N. Yeltsin.

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The Bronze Horseman is an of in the Senate Square in , Russia. It was opened to the public on 18 August 1782.

Library
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Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library is one of the three national Libraries in . Located in , its focus is on electronic collections on all topics Russian, not just the life of its namesake. is situated 150 metres southwest of Senate Square.

Museum
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a Petrine Baroque edifice in , situated on Universitetskaya Embankment of the Bolshaya Neva on . is situated 510 metres northwest of Senate Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Apraksin Dvor and Peter and Paul 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.

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.

Photo: Мария.Б., CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a borough in 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.

Senate Square

Latitude
59.93625° or 59° 56′ 11″ north
Longitude
30.3032° or 30° 18′ 12″ east
Open location code
9GFGW8P3+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 638337571
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Wiki­data ID
Q2995249
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Veps—“Senate Square” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Сенацкая плошча Санкт-Пецярбурга”
  • Chinese: “枢密院广场”
  • Chinese: “樞密院廣場”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان مجلس الشيوخ”
  • Esperanto: “placo de Dekabristoj”
  • Esperanto: “Senata placo”
  • Estonian: “Senati väljak (Peterburi)”
  • Estonian: “Senati väljak”
  • Finnish: “Dekabristien aukio”
  • Finnish: “Dekabristien tori”
  • Finnish: “Pietarin senaatintori”
  • Finnish: “Senaatinaukio”
  • French: “place des Décabristes”
  • French: “place des Décembristes”
  • French: “place du Sénat”
  • French: “Place du Sénat”
  • Georgian: “სენატის მოედანი”
  • German: “Senatsplatz (Sankt Petersburg)”
  • German: “Senatsplatz”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר הסנאט”
  • Italian: “Piazza dei Decabristi”
  • Italian: “Piazza del Senato”
  • Italian: “Piazza di San Pietro”
  • Japanese: “デカブリスト広場”
  • Japanese: “元老院広場”
  • Komi: “Сенат площадь”
  • Korean: “원로원 광장”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Senatsplassen”
  • Norwegian: “Senatsplassen”
  • Polish: “Plac Senacki”
  • Portuguese: “Praça do Senado”
  • Russian: “Исакиевская площадь”
  • Russian: “Петровская площадь”
  • Russian: “площадь Декабристов”
  • Russian: “площадь Петра Первого”
  • Russian: “Сенатская площадь”
  • Slovenian: “Senatni trg”
  • Spanish: “Plaza del Senado”
  • Swedish: “Senatsplatsen”
  • Thai: “จัตุรัสวุฒิสภา (เซนต์ปีเตอร์สเบิร์ก)”
  • Thai: “จัตุรัสวุฒิสภา”
  • Turkish: “Senato Meydanı (Sankt-Peterburg)”
  • Turkish: “Senato Meydanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Сенатська площа (Санкт-Петербург)”
  • Ukrainian: “Сенатська площа”
  • Veps: “Senatan torg”

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