L’Enfant Plaza

L'Enfant Plaza is a complex of four commercial buildings grouped around a large plaza in the section of , United States. Immediately below the plaza and the buildings is La Promenade .
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: complex of four commercial buildings grouped around a plaza in Washington, D.C., United States
  • Also known as: L’Enfant Plaza Building
  • Address: 470 L’Enfant Plaza Southwest, Washington

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and International Spy Museum.

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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.

Museum
The is an independent non-profit history which documents the tradecraft, history, and contemporary role of the intelligence field and espionage. is situated 450 feet west of L’Enfant Plaza.

Museum
The is an art museum in , United States, located on the , between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. is situated 2,900 feet northeast of L’Enfant Plaza.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterfront and Southwest.

Photo: dbking, CC BY 2.0.
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.

Quarter
is the southwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., the capital of the , and is located south of the and west of South Capitol Street.

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.

L’Enfant Plaza

Latitude
38.8839° or 38° 53′ 2″ north
Longitude
-77.02395° or 77° 1′ 26″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Levels
12
Open location code
87C4VXMG+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 48040335
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
4139333
Wiki­data ID
Q6455669
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Spanish—“L’Enfant Plaza” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: ল’এনফ্যান্ট প্লাজা
  • Chinese: 朗方廣場
  • Chinese: 郎方廣場
  • Dutch: L’Enfant Plaza
  • Egyptian Arabic: لانفانت بلازا
  • French: L’Enfant Plaza
  • German: L’Enfant Plaza
  • Indonesian: L’Enfant Plaza
  • Norwegian Bokmål: L’Enfant Plaza
  • Slovenian: L’Enfant Plaza
  • Spanish: L’Enfant Plaza
  • Spanish: LEnfant Plaza

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