Sennaya Square

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Sennaya Square is a historic public square in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, long known as a bustling commercial hub and a setting in several of Dostoevsky’s works.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Sennaya Square canonical 10
Sennaya Ploshchad 2
Ploshchad Sverdlova 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site
public square
urban square
country Russia
culturalSignificance important setting in Russian literature
symbol of 19th-century Petersburg lower-class life
etymology named after hay ("seno" in Russian) sold there
hasCity Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasContinent Europe
hasCoordinateLatitude 59.928
hasCoordinateLongitude 30.318
hasFunction public gathering place
shopping area
hasLandmarkNearby Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Sennaya) (historical)
hasNearbyDistrict Admiralteysky District (bordering area)
hasNearbyWatercourse Fontanka River
Griboyedov Canal
hasPublicTransportConnection Sadovaya metro station
Sennaya Ploshchad metro station
Spasskaya metro station
hasRegion Northwestern Federal District
hasStreetCrossing Gorokhovaya Street
Moskovsky Prospekt
Sadovaya Street
historicalName Sennaya Ploshchad
linked to: Sennaya Square
inception 18th century
knownFor appearance in literature
bustling commercial activity
marketplace
languageOfName Russian
locatedIn Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg

Tsentralny District, Saint Petersburg
central Saint Petersburg
locatedInTimeZone Moscow Time
notableAuthorAssociated Fyodor Dostoevsky
notableWorkFeaturedIn Crime and Punishment
The Idiot
other works by Fyodor Dostoevsky
originalFunction hay market
livestock market
partOf historic center of Saint Petersburg
touristAttraction yes
urbanRole commercial center
transport hub

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ploshchad Revolyutsii formerName Ploshchad Sverdlova
linked to: Sennaya Square
Sadovaya Street connectsTo Sennaya Square
Sadovaya Street adjacentTo Sennaya Square
Gorokhovaya Street locatedNear Sennaya Square
Sennaya Square historicalName Sennaya Ploshchad
linked to: Sennaya Square
Sennaya Ploshchad metro station hasRussianName «Сенная площадь»
linked to: Sennaya Square
Sennoy Bridge locatedNear Sennaya Square
Sennoy Bridge namedAfter Sennaya Square
Spasskaya connectsWithStation Sennaya Ploshchad
subject linked to: Spasskaya metro station
linked to: Sennaya Square
Sadovaya metro station hasEntranceFrom Sennaya Square
Sadovaya metro station isLocatedUnder Sennaya Square area
linked to: Sennaya Square