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Washington Monument

The Washington Monument 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.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: “Beef Depot Monument”, “National Monument”, “WAMO”, “Washington Monument & Grounds”, “Washington National Monument”, and “Washington Obelisk”
  • Address: 2 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20024
  • Roof shape: pyramidal
  • Inscription: “Laus Deo”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and United States Holocaust Memorial 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
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The is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust, dedicated to the documentation, study, and interpretation of the Holocaust. is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Washington Monument.

Museum
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The , colloquially known as the Blacksonian, is a museum located on the in , in the . is situated 920 feet northeast of Washington Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown and East End.

Suburb
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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

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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.

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.

Washington Monument

Latitude
38.88948° or 38° 53′ 22″ north
Longitude
-77.03524° or 77° 2′ 7″ west
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Inception
December 6th, 1884
Height
555 feet (169 metres)
Operator
National Park Service
Open location code
87C4VXQ7+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 766761337
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­obelisk
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Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­pyramidal
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
4141033
Wiki­data ID
Q178114
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Washington Monument” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Washington-monument”
  • Arabic: “نصب واشنطن”
  • Armenian: “Վաշինգտոնի կոթող”
  • Asturian: “Monumentu a Washington”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vaşinqton abidəsi”
  • Bashkir: “Вашингтон Монументы”
  • Basque: “Washington Monument”
  • Basque: “Washington monumentua”
  • Belarusian: “Манумент Вашынгтона”
  • Belarusian: “Манумэнт Вашынгтона”
  • Belarusian: “Мэмарыял Вашынгтона”
  • Belarusian: “Помнік Вашынгтона”
  • Breton: “Monumant Washington”
  • Bulgarian: “Вашингтон монумент”
  • Bulgarian: “Вашингтонски монумент”
  • Bulgarian: “Вашингтонският монумент”
  • Catalan: “El Monument a Washington”
  • Catalan: “Monument a Washington”
  • Catalan: “Washington Monument”
  • Central Bikol: “Monumento ki Washington”
  • Chinese: “华盛顿方尖碑”
  • Chinese: “华盛顿纪念碑”
  • Chinese: “華盛頓紀念碑”
  • Cornish: “Washington Monument”
  • Czech: “Washingtonův monument”
  • Czech: “Washingtonův památník”
  • Danish: “Washington Monument”
  • Danish: “Washington-monumentet”
  • Danish: “Washingtonmonumentet”
  • Dutch: “Washington Monument”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نصب واشنطن”
  • Esperanto: “Vaŝingtona Monumento”
  • Esperanto: “Washington Monument”
  • Estonian: “Washington Monument”
  • Estonian: “Washingtoni monument”
  • Finnish: “Washington Monument”
  • Finnish: “Washington-monumentti”
  • Finnish: “Washingtonin monumentti”
  • French: “Washington Monument”
  • Galician: “Monumento a Washington”
  • Galician: “Obelisco de Washington”
  • Georgian: “ვაშინგტონის მონუმენტი”
  • German: “Washington Monument”
  • Greek: “Μνημείο του Ουάσινγκτον”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת וושינגטון”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת ושינגטון”
  • Hungarian: “Washington-emlékmű”
  • Indonesian: “Monumen Washington”
  • Indonesian: “Washington Monument”
  • Italian: “Monumento a George Washington”
  • Italian: “Monumento a Washington”
  • Italian: “Washington Monument”
  • Japanese: “ワシントン・モニュメント”
  • Japanese: “ワシントンモニュメント”
  • Japanese: “ワシントン記念塔”
  • Japanese: “ワシントン記念碑”
  • Kazakh: “Вашингтон Монументі”
  • Korean: “워싱턴 기념탑”
  • Latin: “Monumentum Vasingtonianum”
  • Latvian: “Vašingtona monuments”
  • Latvian: “Vašingtona piemineklis”
  • Lithuanian: “Vašingtono monumentas”
  • Lithuanian: “Vašingtono paminklas”
  • Malay: “Monumen Washington”
  • Malayalam: “വാഷിംഗ്ടൺ സ്മാരകം”
  • Marathi: “वॉशिंग्टन स्मारक”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Washington Monument”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Washington-monumentet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Washingtonmonumentet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Washington Monument”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Washington-monumentet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Washingtonmonumentet”
  • Norwegian: “Washingtonmonumentet”
  • Persian: “بنای یادبود واشینگتن”
  • Persian: “ستون یادبود واشنگتن”
  • Persian: “یادبود واشنگتن”
  • Persian: “یادبود واشینگتن”
  • Polish: “Pomnik Jerzego Waszyngtona”
  • Polish: “Pomnik Waszyngtona”
  • Portuguese: “Monumento a Washington”
  • Portuguese: “Monumento à Washington”
  • Portuguese: “Monumento de Washington”
  • Portuguese: “Washington Monument”
  • Pushto: “د واشنګټن څلی”
  • Pushto: “د واشنگټن څلی”
  • Romanian: “Monumentul lui Washington”
  • Romanian: “Monumentul Washington”
  • Russian: “Вашингтонский монумент”
  • Russian: “Мемориал Вашингтона”
  • Russian: “Монумент Вашингтона”
  • Russian: “Монумент Вашингтону”
  • Scots: “Washington Monument”
  • Slovak: “Washington Monument”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a George Washington”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a Washington”
  • Spanish: “Monumento george washington”
  • Spanish: “Monumento Washington”
  • Spanish: “Obelisco de Washington”
  • Spanish: “The Washington Monument”
  • Spanish: “Washington Monument”
  • Swedish: “Washington Monument”
  • Swedish: “Washington-monumentet”
  • Swedish: “Washingtonmonumentet”
  • Tamil: “வாசிங்டன் நினைவுச் சின்னம்”
  • Tamil: “வாஷிங்டன் நினைவுச் சின்னம்”
  • Tamil: “வாஷிங்டன் நினைவுச்சின்னம்”
  • Thai: “Washington Monument”
  • Thai: “อนุสาวรีย์แท่งดินสอ”
  • Thai: “อนุสาวรีย์วอชิงตัน”
  • Turkish: “Washington Anıtı”
  • Ukrainian: “Монумент Вашингтона”
  • Urdu: “واشنگٹن مونیومنٹ”
  • Uzbek: “Vashington yodgorligi”
  • Vietnamese: “Công trình Washington”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài kỷ niệm Washington”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài tưởng niệm Washington”
  • Vietnamese: “Tượng đài Washington”
  • Vietnamese: “Washington Monument”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Monumento ni Washington”
  • Welsh: “Cofeb Washington”
  • Western Frisian: “Washington Monument”
  • Western Frisian: “Washington Monumint”
  • Western Panjabi: “واشنگٹن مونومنٹ”
  • Wu Chinese: “华盛顿纪念碑”
  • Yiddish: “וואשינגטאן מאנומענט”
  • Yue Chinese: “華盛頓紀念碑”
  • “palisa kiwen suli Wasinton”

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