John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, commonly known as the Kennedy Center, is a cultural center located on the eastern bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. It is considered the national cultural center of the United States, serving as a "living memorial" to John F.
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Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.- Type: Theater building
- Description: performing arts center in Washington, D.C., United States
- Also known as: “Centro John F Kennedy para las Artes Escenicas”, “Centro John F. Kennedy para las Artes Escenicas”, “J. F. K. Center for the Performing Arts”, “J.F.ケネディ・センター”, “JFK Center”, “JFK Center for the Performing Arts”, “John F Kennedy Center”, “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”, “John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts”, “Kenedžio menų centras”, “Kenedžio scenos menų centras”, “Kennedy Center”, “Kennedy Center Concert Hall”, “Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”, “Kennedyho centrum”, “Kennedyjev center”, “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts”, “The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts”, “The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”, “The Trump Kennedy Center”, “Κέντρο Κένεντι”, “Κέντρο Μνήμης «Τζον Φ. Κένεντι»”, “Кеннеді-центр”, “Центр исполнительских искусств имени Джона Ф. Кеннеди”, “مرکز هنرهای نمایشی جان اِف کندی”, “ケネディ・センター”, and “約翰·F·肯尼迪表演藝術中心”
- Address: 2700 F Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20566
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Highlights: Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument.
Lincoln Memorial
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The Oval Office
Government office
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John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Categories: performing arts center, music venue, nonprofit organization, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.8959° or 38° 53′ 45″ north
Longitude
-77.05576° or 77° 3′ 21″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Established
1971
Levels
4
Height
105 feet (32 metres)
Open location code
87C4VWWV+9M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatre
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مركز جون ف. كينيدي للفنون الأدائية”
- Armenian: “Ջոն Քենեդիի անվան Կատարողական արվեստի կենտրոն”
- Basque: “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”
- Bavarian: “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”
- Catalan: “Centre John F. Kennedy per les Arts Escèniques”
- Cebuano: “John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”
- Chinese: “約翰·甘迺迪表演藝術中心”
- Chinese: “約翰·肯尼迪表演藝術中心”
- Chinese: “约翰·肯尼迪表演艺术中心”
- Croatian: “Centar izvedbenih umjetnosti John F. Kennedy”
- Czech: “Centrum Johna F. Kennedyho pro múzická umění”
- Danish: “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”
- Dutch: “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”
- Esperanto: “Centro John F. Kennedy por la Prezentartoj”
- Finnish: “Kennedy Center”
- French: “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”
- French: “Kennedy Center”
- German: “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”
- German: “John-F.-Kennedy-Zentrum für Darstellende Kunst”
- Greek: “Κέντρο Ερμηνευτικών Τεχνών «Τζον Φ. Κένεντι»”
- Hebrew: “מרכז ג’ון פ. קנדי לאמנויות הבמה”
- Hebrew: “מרכז קנדי לאמנויות הבמה”
- Hungarian: “John F. Kennedy Előadóművészeti Központ”
- Hungarian: “Kennedy Center”
- Indonesian: “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”
- Italian: “Kennedy Center”
- Japanese: “ジョン・F・ケネディ・センター”
- Korean: “존 F. 케네디 센터”
- Korean: “케네디 센터”
- Lithuanian: “Džono F. Kenedžio scenos menų centras”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”
- Norwegian: “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”
- Persian: “مرکز هنرهای نمایشی جان اف کندی”
- Persian: “مرکز هنرهای نمایشی جان اف. کندی”
- Polish: “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”
- Portuguese: “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”
- Portuguese: “Kennedy Center”
- Russian: “Кеннеди-центр”
- Russian: “Центр исполнительских искусств имени Джона Ф. Кеннеди”
- Serbian: “Кенеди центар за сценске уметности”
- Slovenian: “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”
- Spanish: “Centro John F. Kennedy para las Artes Escénicas”
- Swedish: “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”
- Tajik: “Маркази ҳунарҳои намоишӣ ба номи Ҷон Ф. Кеннедӣ”
- Tajik: “Маркази ҳунарҳои намоишии ба номи Ҷон Ф. Кеннедӣ”
- Thai: “สถาบันจอห์น เอฟ. เคนเนดีเพื่อศิลปะการแสดง”
- Ukrainian: “Центр виконавських мистецтв імені Джона Кеннеді”
- Urdu: “جان ایف کینیڈی سینٹر فار پرفارمنگ آرٹس”
- “John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts”
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