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Sennaya Ploshchad (St
Sennaya Ploshchad: * Sennaya Ploshchad (St. Petersburg) * Sennaya Ploshchad (Nizhny Novgorod) * Sennaya Ploshchad (Veliky Novgorod) * Sennaya Ploshchad (Moscow) * Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square * Sennaya Ploshchad (St. Petersburg Metro) * Sennaya Ploshchad (Nizhny Novgorod Metro) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sennaya Square
Sennaya Square or Sennaya Ploshchad (russian: Сeннáя Плóщадь, literally: ''Hay Square''), known as ''Peace Square'' between 1963 and 1991, is a large city square in Central Saint Petersburg, located at the crossing of Garden Street, Moskovsky Prospekt, and Grivtsova Lane. The square was established in 1737 as a market where hay, firewood and cattle were sold. It was built under the extension of the Garden Street, and grew quickly, becoming the cheapest and the most active market in Saint Petersburg. The Hay Market was a place where merchants and farmers could trade. It was there that malefactors were flogged before a large concourse of people. In 1753 local merchants commissioned the building of the Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God in a sumptuous Baroque style. In the middle of the square is a former guardhouse (1818–20). Cholera riots took place in the square in 1831. The surrounding district was known for its infamous slums, which provide the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sennaya Square (Nizhny Novgorod)
Sennaya Square or Sennaya Ploshchad ( rus, Сенна́я пло́щадь, p=sʲɪˈnːajə ˈploɕːɪtʲ, t=Hay Square, links=yes) is a large city square in Central Saint Petersburg, located at the crossing of Garden Street, Moskovsky Prospekt (formerly ''Zabalkansky Prospekt'') and Grivtsova Lane (formerly ''Demidov Lane''). The square was established in 1737 as a market where hay, firewood and cattle were sold. It was built under the extension of the Garden Street, and grew quickly, becoming the cheapest and the most active market in Saint Petersburg. The Hay Market was a place where merchants and farmers could trade. It was there that malefactors were flogged before a large concourse of people. In 1753, local merchants commissioned the building of the Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God in a sumptuous Baroque style. In the middle of the square is a former guardhouse (1818–20). Cholera riots took place in the square in 1831. The surrounding district was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sennaya Ploshchad (St
Sennaya Ploshchad: * Sennaya Ploshchad (St. Petersburg) * Sennaya Ploshchad (Nizhny Novgorod) * Sennaya Ploshchad (Veliky Novgorod) * Sennaya Ploshchad (Moscow) * Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square * Sennaya Ploshchad (St. Petersburg Metro) * Sennaya Ploshchad (Nizhny Novgorod Metro) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
