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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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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: memorial in Washington, D.C., United States
  • Also known as: “LINC” and “Monument a la Memoire de Lincoln”
  • Inscription: “‘In This Temple As in the Hearts of the People for whom He Saved The Union the Memory of Abraham Lincoln is Enshrined Forever.’”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Statue of Abraham Lincoln and Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Work of art
Photo: Daniel Chester French, Public domain.
Abraham Lincoln is a colossal seated figure of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, sculpted by Daniel Chester French and carved by the Piccirilli Brothers.

Monument
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The , commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in , honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. is situated 980 feet northeast of Lincoln Memorial.

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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 4,200 feet east of Lincoln Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Foggy Bottom and Golden Triangle.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood of , United States, located in the city's quadrant. It stretches west of the towards the , north of the , east of , south of the neighborhood and west of Downtown D.C.

Neighborhood
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The is a neighborhood and business improvement district in Covering 43 blocks, it encompasses the western part of Washington's central business district, running from the front yard of the 's north side to and from 16th Street NW to 21st Street NW and including sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.

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The of Downtown D.C. is the area immediately west of downtown. This guide focuses on the areas of K Street, the and Foggy Bottom neighborhoods.

Lincoln Memorial

Latitude
38.88927° or 38° 53′ 21″ north
Longitude
-77.05017° or 77° 3′ 1″ west
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Inception
May 30th, 1922
Operator
National Park Service
Open location code
87C4VWQX+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 398769543
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
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”
  • 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”
  • 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: “リンカンメモリアル”
  • Japanese: “リンカン記念堂”
  • Japanese: “リンカン記念館”
  • Korean: “링컨 기념관”
  • Korean: “링컨기념관”
  • 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”
  • Swedish: “Lincolnmonumentet”
  • 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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