Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western end of the of The memorial is built in a neoclassical style in the form of a classical temple.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 33 feet (10 metres)
  • …is open 24/7
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …is operated by the National Park Service
  • …is inscribed with “‘In This Temple As in the Hearts of the People for whom He Saved The Union the Memory of Abraham Lincoln is Enshrined Forever.’”
  • Description: memorial in Washington, D.C., United States
  • Also known as
    “LINC”
    “Monument a la Memoire de Lincoln”
  • Established: May 30, 1922
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Statue of Abraham Lincoln and Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Abraham Lincoln is a colossal seated figure of the…
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The , commonly called the… is situated 980 feet northeast of Lincoln Memorial.
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The is a 555-foot tall obelisk… is situated 4,200 feet east of Lincoln Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Foggy Bottom and Golden Triangle.
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The of Downtown D.C. is the area immediately west of downtown.

Lincoln Memorial

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Latitude
38.88927° or 38° 53′ 21″ north
Longitude
-77.05017° or 77° 3′ 1″ west
Open location code
87C4VWQX+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 398769543
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
4139399
Wiki­data ID
Q213559

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Lincoln Memorial” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نصب لنكولن التذكاري”
  • Arabic: “نصب لينكون التذكاري”
  • Armenian: “Լինքոլնի հուշակոթող”
  • Armenian: “Լինքոլնի հուշահամալիր”
  • Azerbaijani: “Linkoln memorialı”
  • Bashkir: “Линкольн Мемориалы”
  • Basque: “Lincoln Memorial”
  • Belarusian: “Мемарыял Лінкальна”
  • Bengali: “LINC”
  • Bengali: “লিংকন মেমোরিয়াল”
  • Bengali: “লিঙ্ক”
  • Bulgarian: “Линкълн Мемориал”
  • Bulgarian: “Мемориал на Линкълн”
  • Catalan: “Lincoln Memorial”
  • Catalan: “Memorial Lincoln”
  • Catalan: “Monument a Lincoln”
  • Chinese: “林肯紀念堂”
  • Chinese: “林肯纪念堂”
  • Croatian: “Lincoln Memorial”
  • Czech: “Lincolnův památník”
  • Danish: “Lincoln Memorial”
  • Danish: “Lincolnmonumentet”
  • Dutch: “Lincoln Memorial”
  • Dutch: “Lincoln Monument”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نصب لنكولن التذكارى”
  • Esperanto: “Lincoln-Monumento”
  • Esperanto: “Monumento de Lincoln”
  • Finnish: “Lincoln Memorial”
  • Finnish: “Lincolnin muistomerkki”
  • French: “Lincoln Memorial”
  • Georgian: “ლინკოლნის მემორიალი”
  • German: “Lincoln Memorial”
  • German: “Lincoln-Denkmal”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת לינקולן”
  • Hindi: “लिंकण स्मारक”
  • Hungarian: “Lincoln-emlékmű”
  • Indonesian: “Memorial Lincoln”
  • Irish: “Cuimhneachán Lincoln”
  • Italian: “Lincoln Memorial”
  • Italian: “Memoriale a Lincoln”
  • Japanese: “リンカーン・メモリアル”
  • Japanese: “リンカーン記念堂”
  • Japanese: “リンカーン記念館”
  • Japanese: “リンカン・メモリアル”
  • Japanese: “リンカン記念堂”
  • Japanese: “リンカン記念館”
  • Korean: “링컨 기념관”
  • Latin: “Monumentum Lincolnianum”
  • Latvian: “Linkolna memoriāls”
  • Lithuanian: “Linkolno memorialas”
  • Lithuanian: “Linkolno paminklas”
  • Macedonian: “Линколнов споменик”
  • Macedonian: “Споменик на Линколн”
  • Malay: “Tugu Peringatan Lincoln”
  • Marathi: “लिंकन मेमोरियल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lincoln Memorial”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lincolnmonumentet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lincolnmonumentet”
  • Norwegian: “Lincolnmonumentet”
  • Persian: “یادبود لینکلن”
  • Polish: “Lincoln Memorial”
  • Polish: “Mauzoleum Abrahama Lincolna”
  • Polish: “Pomnik Lincolna”
  • Portuguese: “Lincoln Memorial”
  • Portuguese: “Memorial a Lincoln”
  • Portuguese: “Memorial de Lincoln”
  • Romanian: “Monumentul Lincoln”
  • Romanian: “Monumentul lui Lincoln”
  • Russian: “Мемориал Линкольна”
  • Russian: “Мемориал Линкольну”
  • Russian: “Монумент Линкольна”
  • Russian: “Монумент Линкольну”
  • Scots: “Lincoln Memorial”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lincolnov memorijal”
  • Slovak: “Lincolnov pamätník”
  • Slovenian: “Lincoln Memorial”
  • Slovenian: “Lincolnov spomenik”
  • Spanish: “Lincoln Memorial”
  • Spanish: “Memorial a Lincoln”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a Abraham Lincoln”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a Lincoln”
  • Spanish: “Monumento conmemorativo a Lincoln”
  • Swedish: “Lincoln Memorial”
  • Swedish: “Lincoln-monumentet”
  • Telugu: “లింకన్ మెమోరియల్”
  • Thai: “อนุสรณ์สถานลิงคอล์น”
  • Thai: “อนุสรณ์สถานลินคอล์น”
  • Turkish: “Lincoln Anıtı”
  • Ukrainian: “Меморіал Лінкольна”
  • Ukrainian: “Монумент Лінкольна”
  • Urdu: “لنکن میموریل”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà tưởng niệm Lincoln”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lincoln Memorial”
  • Welsh: “Cofeb Lincoln”
  • Western Frisian: “Tinkteken foar Lincoln”
  • Western Panjabi: “لنکن میموریل”
  • Yiddish: “לינקאלן געדענקמאל”
  • Yiddish: “לינקאלן דענקמאל”

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