Thomas Jefferson Memorial

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a national memorial in , built in honor of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the nation's third president.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 7 feet (2 metres)
  • …is open 24/7
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …dates from 1943
  • Description: memorial in Washington, D.C., United States
  • Address: 16 West Basin Drive Southwest, Washington, DC 20242
  • Also known as
    “Jefferson Memorial”
    “JEFM”
    “Monument a la memoire de Jefferson”
    “THJE”
    “Thomas Jefferson Denkmal”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and Washington Monument.

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The , a national park, is a famous…

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The is a 555-foot tall obelisk… is situated 3,000 feet north of Thomas Jefferson Memorial.

Museum
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The is the… is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Thomas Jefferson Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southwest and Waterfront.

Quarter
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is the southwestern quadrant of Washington…

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The is just south of the .

Suburb
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is the central business district…

Thomas Jefferson Memorial

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Latitude
38.88142° or 38° 52′ 53″ north
Longitude
-77.03655° or 77° 2′ 12″ west
Open location code
87C4VXJ7+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 248460669
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
4139225
Wiki­data ID
Q326183

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Thomas Jefferson Memorial” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نصب جيفرسون التذكاري”
  • Armenian: “Ջեֆերսոնի հուշահամալիր”
  • Bashkir: “Джефферсон Мемориалы”
  • Basque: “Jefferson Memorial”
  • Belarusian: “Мемарыял Джэферсана”
  • Belarusian: “Мемарыял Томаса Джэферсана”
  • Bhojpuri: “जेफर्सन मेमोरियल”
  • Chinese: “傑佛遜紀念堂”
  • Chinese: “傑弗遜紀念堂”
  • Chinese: “傑斐遜紀念堂”
  • Chinese: “杰斐逊纪念堂”
  • Czech: “Jeffersonův památník”
  • Czech: “Památník Thomase Jeffersona”
  • Dutch: “Jefferson Memorial”
  • Dutch: “Thomas Jefferson Memorial”
  • Esperanto: “Jefferson Memorial”
  • Esperanto: “Monumento de Jefferson”
  • Estonian: “Jeffersoni memoriaal”
  • Finnish: “Jeffersonin muistomerkki”
  • Finnish: “Thomas Jeffersonin muistomerkki”
  • French: “Jefferson Memorial”
  • Galician: “Jefferson Memorial”
  • Georgian: “ჯეფერსონის მემორიალი”
  • German: “Jefferson Memorial”
  • German: “Jefferson-Denkmal”
  • German: “Thomas Jefferson Memorial”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת ג’פרסון”
  • Hindi: “जेफर्सन स्मारक”
  • Hungarian: “Thomas Jefferson-emlékmű”
  • Icelandic: “Thomas Jefferson-minnisvarðinn”
  • Indonesian: “Jefferson Memorial”
  • Italian: “Jefferson Memorial”
  • Italian: “Monumento a Jefferson”
  • Japanese: “ジェファーソン記念館”
  • Japanese: “トーマス・ジェファーソン記念館”
  • Korean: “제퍼슨 기념관”
  • Korean: “토마스 제퍼슨 기념관”
  • Korean: “토머스 제퍼슨 기념관”
  • Latvian: “Džefersona memoriāls”
  • Lithuanian: “Džefersono memorialas”
  • Macedonian: “Џеферсонов паметник”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jefferson Memorial”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jeffersonmonumentet”
  • Norwegian: “Jeffersonmonumentet”
  • Persian: “یادبود جفرسون”
  • Polish: “Jefferson Memorial”
  • Portuguese: “Jefferson Memorial”
  • Russian: “Мемориал Джефферсона”
  • Russian: “Мемориал Джефферсону”
  • Spanish: “Memorial a Jefferson”
  • Spanish: “Memorial a thomas jefferson”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a Jefferson”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a Thomas Jefferson”
  • Swedish: “Jeffersonmonumentet”
  • Turkish: “Thomas Jefferson Anıtı”
  • Ukrainian: “Меморіал Джефферсона”
  • Urdu: “جیفرسن میموریل”
  • Veps: “Džeffersonan memorial”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài tưởng niệm Jefferson”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà tưởng niệm Jefferson”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Jefferson Memorial”
  • Welsh: “Cofeb Jefferson”
  • Western Panjabi: “جیفرسن میموریل”

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