Library of Congress

Library of Congress is a library in , . Library of Congress is situated nearby to , as well as near .
  • Type: Library
  • Also known as: “Bibliotheque du Congres”, “Congressional Library”, and “Kongressbibliothek”
  • Postal code: 20540

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.

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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 , often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. is situated 1,400 feet west of Library of Congress.

Library
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The is an independent research library on in , United States. It has the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and is a primary repository for rare materials from the early modern period in Britain and Europe. is situated 580 feet northeast of Library of Congress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and NoMa.

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is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of , located in Ward 6 of the city. The neighborhood encompasses the region north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station.

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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.

Library of Congress

Latitude
38.88845° or 38° 53′ 18″ north
Longitude
-77.00442° or 77° 0′ 16″ west
Elevation
92 feet (28 metres)
Open location code
87C4VXQW+96
Geo­Names ID
4139387
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Library of Congress” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكتبة الكونغرس”
  • Armenian: “Կոնգրեսի գրադարան”
  • Asturian: “Biblioteca del Congresu dEstaos Xuníos”
  • Azerbaijani: “Konqres Kitabxanası”
  • Basque: “Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako Kongresuaren Liburutegia”
  • Belarusian: “Бібліятэка Кангрэса”
  • Bosnian: “Kongresna biblioteka”
  • Bulgarian: “Библиотека на Конгреса”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca del Congrés dels Estats Units”
  • Central Kurdish: “کتێبخانەی کۆنگەرە”
  • Chinese: “國會圖書館”
  • Czech: “Knihovna Kongresu”
  • Dutch: “Library of Congress”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مكتبة الكونجرس الامريكى”
  • Esperanto: “Kongresa Biblioteko”
  • Estonian: “USA Kongressi raamatukogu”
  • Finnish: “Kongressin kirjasto”
  • French: “Bibliothèque du Congrès”
  • Galician: “Biblioteca do Congreso dos Estados Unidos de América”
  • Georgian: “კონგრესის ბიბლიოთეკა”
  • German: “Library of Congress”
  • Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη του Κογκρέσου”
  • Hebrew: “ספריית הקונגרס”
  • Hungarian: “Kongresszusi Könyvtár”
  • Ido: “Biblioteko di Kongreso”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Kongres Amerika Serikat”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca del Congresso”
  • Japanese: “アメリカ議会図書館”
  • Kashubian: “Bibloteka Kongresu”
  • Kazakh: “Конгресс кітапханасы”
  • Korean: “미국 의회도서관”
  • Latin: “Bibliotheca Congressus Civitatum Foederatarum”
  • Latvian: “Kongresa bibliotēka”
  • Lithuanian: “Kongreso biblioteka”
  • Luxembourgish: “Library of Congress”
  • Macedonian: “Конгресна библиотека”
  • Malayalam: “ലൈബ്രറി ഓഫ് കോൺഗ്രസ്സ്”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه ملی کنگره ایالات متحده آمریکا”
  • Polish: “Biblioteka Kongresu”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca do Congresso”
  • Romanian: “Biblioteca Congresului Statelor Unite ale Americii”
  • Russian: “Библиотека Конгресса”
  • Serbian: “Конгресна библиотека”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kongresna biblioteka”
  • Slovenian: “Kongresna knjižnica”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos”
  • Swedish: “USA:s kongressbibliotek”
  • Tamil: “அமெரிக்கக் காங்கிரசு நூலகம்”
  • Telugu: “యునైటెడ్ స్టేట్స్ లైబ్రరీ ఆఫ్ కాంగ్రెస్”
  • Thai: “หอสมุดรัฐสภา”
  • Turkish: “Kongre Kütüphanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бібліотека Конгресу”
  • Urdu: “کتب خانہ کانگریس”
  • Uzbek: “Kongress kutubxonasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Thư viện Quốc hội Hoa Kỳ”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sulod-Barasahan han Kongreso”
  • Welsh: “Llyfrgell y Gyngres”
  • Western Panjabi: “کانگرس لائیبریری”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Capitol Grounds and Stanton Park.

Nearby Places

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