Shrine of the Sacred Heart
The Shrine of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic parish established in 1899 in the Mount Pleasant/Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington D.C. The parish church is a large domed Byzantine structure modeled after the Cathedral in Ravenna, Italy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: parish church in Washington, D.C., United States
- Also known as: “Santuario del Sagrado Corazón”, “Shrine of the Sacred Heart (Washington, D.C.)”, and “Shrine of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church”
- Address: 3211 Pine Street Northwest
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include James Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Statue and DC USA.
James Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Statue
Work of art
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The James Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Statue is a public artwork by Leo Lentelli, located at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, 16th Street and Park Road Northwest, Washington, D.C., United States.
DC USA
Shopping center
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DC USA is an 890,000-square-foot vertical power center, i.e. a multilevel enclosed urban shopping center anchored by big box stores. It is located in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C. A Washington City Paper poll named DC USA the "Best Designed Retail Space" of 2009. DC USA is situated 770 feet southeast of Shrine of the Sacred Heart.
Guglielmo Marconi
Work of art
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The Guglielmo Marconi Memorial is a public artwork by Attilio Piccirilli, located at the intersection of 16th and Lamont Streets NW in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It stands as a tribute to Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi, whose work with telegraphy and radio waves led to the creation and popularity of the radio. Guglielmo Marconi is situated 380 feet southwest of Shrine of the Sacred Heart.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Pleasant and Lanier Heights.
Mount Pleasant
Neighborhood
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Mount Pleasant is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. The neighborhood is primarily residential, with restaurants and stores centered along a commercial corridor on Mt.
Lanier Heights
Neighborhood
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Lanier Heights is a small urban neighborhood in the northwest section of Washington, D.C. It was one of the District of Columbia’s early planned subdivisions outside the original City of Washington.
Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights
Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.Shrine of the Sacred Heart
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.93105° or 38° 55′ 52″ northLongitude
-77.0357° or 77° 2′ 9″ westElevation
197 feet (60 metres)Open location code
87C4WXJ7+CPOpenStreetMap ID
way 68790066OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholic
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In Other Languages
“Shrine of the Sacred Heart” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Santuario del Sagrado Corazón”
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