Battle Monument

The Battle Monument, located in Battle Monument Square on North Calvert Street between East Fayette and East Lexington Streets in Baltimore, Maryland, commemorates the Battle of Baltimore, with the British fleet of the Royal Navy's bombardment…
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: monument in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • Also known as: Battle Monument Park

Places of Interest

Highlights include Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse and Baltimore City Hall.

Courthouse
Photo: Marylandstater, Public domain.
The Baltimore City Circuit Courthouses are state judicial facilities located in , . They face each other in the 100 block of North Calvert Street, between East Lexington Street on the north and East Fayette Street on the south across…

Town hall
Photo: Marylandstater, Public domain.
is the official seat of government of the City of Baltimore, in the State of . The City Hall houses the offices of the Mayor and those of the City Council of Baltimore.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Baltimore and Inner Harbor.

is 's central business district and seat of the city government. While home to some iconic Baltimore architecture, and the city's economic heart, visitors, and even locals, tend to keep their distance from this often seedy and decidedly unloved city center, unless they are going to the Baltimore Arena, the Hippodrome Theatre, or visiting Poe's grave at Westminster Hall.

The is the heart of , and the standard-bearer of its industrial and maritime heritage. In the 1950s, the area became an industrial wasteland and the buildings were eventually replaced with parkland for public uses and events.

Neighborhood
The U.S. city of , is home to a small . Historically, Baltimore had at least two districts that were called "Chinatown" where the first one existed on the 200 block of Marion Street during the 1880s.

Battle Monument

Latitude
39.29083° or 39° 17′ 27″ north
Longitude
-76.61241° or 76° 36′ 45″ west
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
87F579RQ+82
Open­Street­Map ID
way 431237141
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
4348002
Wiki­data ID
Q14691875
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to French—“Battle Monument” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Battle Monument
  • Chinese: 戰役紀念碑
  • French: Battle Monument

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Highlights include Calvert Post Office and Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office.

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