Washington Monument
The Washington Monument is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “Beef Depot Monument”, “Công trình Washington”, “Đài kỷ niệm Washington”, “Đài tưởng niệm Washington”, “El Monument a Washington”, “Monumento a George Washington”, “Monumento à Washington”, “Monumento de Washington”, “Monumento george washington”, “Monumento Washington”, “Monumentul Washington”, “National Monument”, “Obelisco de Washington”, “Pomnik Jerzego Waszyngtona”, “The Washington Monument”, “Vašingtono monumentas”, “WAMO”, “Washington Monument & Grounds”, “Washington National Monument”, “Washington Obelisk”, “Washingtonin monumentti”, “Washingtonův památník”, “Вашингтон монумент”, “Вашингтонский монумент”, “Вашингтонският монумент”, “Мемориал Вашингтона”, “Мэмарыял Вашынгтона”, “Помнік Вашынгтона”, “אנדרטת ושינגטון”, “ستون یادبود واشنگتن”, “வாஷிங்டன் நினைவுச் சின்னம்”, “வாஷிங்டன் நினைவுச்சின்னம்”, “อนุสาวรีย์แท่งดินสอ”, “ワシントン・モニュメント”, “ワシントンモニュメント”, “ワシントン記念碑”, and “华盛顿方尖碑”
- Address: 2 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20024
- Inscription: “Laus Deo”
Photo: Art10, Public domain.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: National Mall and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Museum
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown and East End.
Washington Monument
- Categories: obelisk, National Memorial of the United States, building, tourism, public building, historic site, and monument
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.88948° or 38° 53′ 22″ north
Longitude
-77.03524° or 77° 2′ 7″ west
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Established
December 6th, 1884
Height
555 feet (169 metres)
Roof shape
pyramidal
Wheelchair access
yes
Operator
Open location code
87C4VXQ7+QW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=civic
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=obelisk
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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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 monumentua”
- Belarusian: “Манумент Вашынгтона”
- Belarusian: “Манумэнт Вашынгтона”
- Breton: “Monumant Washington”
- Bulgarian: “Вашингтонски монумент”
- Catalan: “Monument a Washington”
- Central Bikol: “Monumento ki Washington”
- Chinese: “华盛顿纪念碑”
- Chinese: “華盛頓紀念碑”
- Cornish: “Men Kov Washington”
- Cornish: “Washington Monument”
- Czech: “Washingtonův monument”
- Danish: “Washington-monumentet”
- Dutch: “Washington Monument”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نصب واشنطن”
- Esperanto: “Vaŝingtona Monumento”
- Estonian: “Washingtoni monument”
- Finnish: “Washington-monumentti”
- French: “Washington Monument”
- Galician: “Monumento a Washington”
- Georgian: “ვაშინგტონის მონუმენტი”
- German: “Washington Monument”
- Greek: “Μνημείο του Ουάσινγκτον”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת וושינגטון”
- Hungarian: “Washington-emlékmű”
- Indonesian: “Monumen Washington”
- Italian: “Monumento a Washington”
- Japanese: “ワシントン記念塔”
- Kazakh: “Вашингтон Монументі”
- Korean: “워싱턴 기념탑”
- Latin: “Monumentum Vasingtonianum”
- Latvian: “Vašingtona monuments”
- Latvian: “Vašingtona piemineklis”
- Lithuanian: “Vašingtono paminklas”
- Malay: “Monumen Washington”
- Malayalam: “വാഷിംഗ്ടൺ സ്മാരകം”
- Marathi: “वॉशिंग्टन स्मारक”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Washingtonmonumentet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Washington Monument”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Washingtonmonumentet”
- Norwegian: “Washingtonmonumentet”
- Persian: “بنای یادبود واشینگتن”
- Persian: “یادبود واشنگتن”
- Persian: “یادبود واشینگتن”
- Polish: “Pomnik Waszyngtona”
- Portuguese: “Monumento a Washington”
- Pushto: “د واشنګټن څلی”
- Pushto: “د واشنگټن څلی”
- Romanian: “Monumentul lui Washington”
- Russian: “Монумент Вашингтона”
- Russian: “Монумент Вашингтону”
- Scots: “Washington Monument”
- Slovak: “Washington Monument”
- Spanish: “Monumento a Washington”
- Swedish: “Washingtonmonumentet”
- Tamil: “வாசிங்டன் நினைவுச் சின்னம்”
- Thai: “อนุสาวรีย์วอชิงตัน”
- Turkish: “Washington Anıtı”
- Ukrainian: “Монумент Вашингтона”
- Urdu: “واشنگٹن مونیومنٹ”
- Uzbek: “Vashington yodgorligi”
- Vietnamese: “Tượng đài Washington”
- Waray (Philippines): “Monumento ni Washington”
- Welsh: “Cofeb Washington”
- 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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