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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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: memorial in Washington, D.C., United States
  • Also known as: “Jefferson Memorial”, “JEFM”, “Monument a la memoire de Jefferson”, “THJE”, and “Thomas Jefferson Denkmal”
  • Address: 16 West Basin Drive Southwest, Washington, DC 20242

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and Washington Monument.

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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.

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The is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the in , built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. is situated 3,000 feet north of Thomas Jefferson Memorial.

Museum
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The is the United States' official memorial and museum dedicated to the history and legacy of the Holocaust. Opened in in 1993, the museum explores the Holocaust through permanent and traveling exhibitions, educational programs, survivor testimonies and archival collections. 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, D.C., the capital of the United States, and is located south of the and west of South Capitol Street.

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The is just south of the . 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.

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.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial

Latitude
38.88142° or 38° 52′ 53″ north
Longitude
-77.03655° or 77° 2′ 12″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Inception
1943
Wheelchair access
yes
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”
  • “जेफर्सन मेमोरियल”

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