Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Statue

Brigadier General Thaddeus Kościuszko is a bronze statue honoring Polish military figure and engineer Tadeusz Kościuszko. The sculpture was dedicated in 1910, the third of four statues in Lafayette Square, , to honor foreign-born heroes of the American Revolutionary War.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: statue in Washington, D.C., by Antoni Popiel
  • Also known as: “Brigadier General Kosciuszko”, “General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Statue”, “Kosciuszko Statue”, “Memoriale del generale di brigata Thaddeus Kosciuszko”, “Statue of Tadeusz Kosciuszko”, “Statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko”, “Statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko (Washington, D.C.)”, “Tadeusz Kościuszko memorial”, “Tadeusz Kościuszko memorial, Washington”, “Tadeusz Kościuszko monument”, “Thaddeus Kosciuszko Monument”, and “Thaddeus Kosciuszko Statue”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and The Oval Office.

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The , a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

Government office
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is the formal working space of the president of the United States at the in Part of the Executive Office of the President, it is located at the southeast corner of the West Wing. is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Statue.

Church
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St. John's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Sixteenth Street and H Street NW, in , United States. The Greek Revival building, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, is adjacent to , one block from the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Golden Triangle and Downtown.

Neighborhood
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The is a neighborhood and business improvement district in , United States. Covering 43 blocks, it encompasses the western part of Washington's central business district, running from the front yard of the 's north side to and from 16th Street NW to 21st Street NW and including sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.

Suburb
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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

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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.

Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Statue

Latitude
38.90002° or 38° 54′ 0″ north
Longitude
-77.03537° or 77° 2′ 7″ west
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Inception
1910
Height
23 feet (7 metres)
Roof shape
flat
Open location code
87C4WX27+2V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 257934461
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Geo­Names ID
4137823
Wiki­data ID
Q4967190
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Statue” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Помнік Тадэвушу Касьцюшку”
  • French: “Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko”
  • German: “Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko”
  • German: “Tadeusz-Kościuszko-Denkmal”
  • Italian: “Monumento a Tadeusz Kosciuszko a Washington”
  • Japanese: “タデウシュ・コシチュシュコ記念碑”
  • Polish: “Pomnik Tadeusza Kościuszki w Waszyngtonie”
  • Russian: “Бригадный Генерал Тадеуш Костюшко”
  • Russian: “Памятник Тадеушу Костюшко”
  • Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник Тадеушеві Костюшку”

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