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, Washington, D.C., to honor foreign-born heroes of the American Revolutionary War.Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: statue in Washington, D.C., by Antoni Popiel
- Also known as: “Brigadier General Kosciuszko”, “Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko”, “General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Statue”, “Kosciuszko Statue”, “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”
- Roof shape: flat
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and The Oval Office.
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.
The Oval Office
Government office
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The Oval Office is the formal working space of the president of the United States at the White House in Washington, D.C. Part of the Executive Office of the President, it is located at the southeast corner of the West Wing. The Oval Office is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Statue.
Saint Johns Episcopal Church
Church
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St. John's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Sixteenth Street and H Street NW, in Washington, D.C., United States. The Greek Revival building, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, is adjacent to Lafayette Square, one block from the White House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Golden Triangle and Downtown.
Golden Triangle
Neighborhood
The Golden Triangle is a neighborhood and business improvement district in Washington, D.C. Covering 43 blocks, it encompasses the western part of Washington's central business district, running from the front yard of the White House's north side to Dupont Circle and from 16th Street NW to 21st Street NW and including sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.
Downtown
Suburb
Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.
Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.
East End
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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.
Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Statue
- Categories: monument, sculpture, tourism, historic site, and memorial
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.90002° or 38° 54′ 0″ northLongitude
-77.03538° or 77° 2′ 7″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Inception
1910Height
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
87C4WX27+2ROpenStreetMap ID
way 257934461OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=flatGeoNames ID
4137823Wikidata 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 (Вашынгтон)”
- Belarusian: “Помнік Тадэвушу Касьцюшку”
- French: “Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko”
- German: “Brigadier General Thaddeus Kosciuszko”
- German: “Tadeusz-Kościuszko-Denkmal”
- Italian: “Memoriale del generale di brigata Thaddeus Kosciuszko”
- Italian: “Monumento a Tadeusz Kosciuszko a Washington”
- Polish: “Pomnik Tadeusza Kościuszki w Waszyngtonie”
- Russian: “Бригадный Генерал Тадеуш Костюшко”
- Russian: “Памятник Тадеушу Костюшко”
- Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник Тадеушеві Костюшку”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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