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Washington Monument

The Washington Monument is the centerpiece of intersecting Mount Vernon Place and Washington Place, an urban square in the neighborhood north of downtown Baltimore, . It was the first major to honor George Washington.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Walters Art Museum and George Peabody Library.

Museum
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The is a public art museum located in the neighborhood of , . Founded and opened in 1934, it holds collections from the mid-19th century that were amassed substantially by major American art and sculpture collectors, including William Thompson Walters and his son Henry Walters.

Library
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The is a library connected to the Johns Hopkins University, focused on research into the 19th century. It was formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of music in the City of Baltimore, and is located on the Peabody campus at in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere historic cultural neighborhood north of downtown , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Vernon and Seton Hill.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, located immediately north of the city's . It is named for George Washington's estate in , as the site of the city's Washington Monument.

Neighborhood
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Historic District is a historic district in Baltimore, Maryland. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It includes , which is a National Historic Landmark.

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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.

Washington Monument

Latitude
39.29753° or 39° 17′ 51″ north
Longitude
-76.61566° or 76° 36′ 56″ west
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
Open location code
87F579XM+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 71694392
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
4372809
Wiki­data ID
Q3683526
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Portuguese—“Washington Monument” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Washington monumentua (Baltimore)”
  • Basque: “Washington monumentua”
  • Cebuano: “Washington Monument (parke sa Estados Unidos, Maryland)”
  • Cebuano: “Washington Monument”
  • Chinese: “华盛顿纪念碑 (巴尔的摩)”
  • Chinese: “华盛顿纪念碑”
  • Dutch: “Washington Monument (Baltimore)”
  • Dutch: “Washington Monument”
  • French: “Washington Monument”
  • German: “Washington Monument”
  • Hungarian: “Washington-emlékmű”
  • Italian: “Colonna di Washington”
  • Portuguese: “Coluna de Washington”

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