Fountain of Light and Water
The Bartholdi Fountain is a monumental public fountain, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, who later created the Statue of Liberty. The fountain was originally made for the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is now located…Photo: USCapitol, Public domain.
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- Type: Work of art
- Description: Monumental fountain designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “Bartholdi Fountain”
- Postal code: 20534
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.
National Mall
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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
United States Capitol
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The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. United States Capitol is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Fountain of Light and Water.
National Museum of the American Indian
Museum
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The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum in the United States devoted to the culture of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. It is part of the Smithsonian Institution group of museums and research centers. National Museum of the American Indian is situated 1,200 feet west of Fountain of Light and Water.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Waterfront.
Capitol Hill
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.
Waterfront
The Waterfront is just south of the National Mall. In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.
East End
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.
Fountain of Light and Water
- Categories: sculpture and fountain
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Fountain of Light and Water” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bartholdi Fountain”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة بارتولدى”
- Esperanto: “Fontano de Bartholdi”
- French: “Bartholdi Fountain”
- French: “Fontaine Bartholdi de Washington”
- French: “fontaine Bartholdi”
- Maltese: “Funtana ta‘ Bartholdi”
- Spanish: “Fuente Bartholdi”
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