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Square Square · Saint Petersburg · 7 m

Palace Square

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    Palace Square
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Palace Square (from 1918 to 1944 Uritsky Square) is the main square of St. Petersburg, an architectural work that arose in the second half of the 18th - first half of the 19th century.
The square is formed by monuments of history and culture of federal significance: the Winter Palace, the Headquarters of the Guards Corps, the General Staff Building with the Triumphal Arch, the Alexander Column. The approximate size is about 5.4 ha. As part of the historical buildings in the center of St. Petersburg, the square is included in the World Heritage List and is a pedestrian zone.

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Public transport

Metro station "Admiralteyskaya", which is located on the line between the stations "Sadovaya" and "Sportivnaya" with an exit to the corner of Malaya Morskaya street and Kirpichny lane. The straight-line distance from the metro exit to the center of the square is about 500 m.

On Dvortsovy Proezd there is a ground public transport stop called Dvortsovaya Ploshchad. Buses of social routes No. 7, 10, 24, 191 and trolleybuses No. 1, 7, 10, 11 stop there.

Coordinates

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59.938716, 30.316168
DMS
59°56'19.4"N 30°18'58.2"E
UTM
36V 350052 6647626
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