Wellesley College

Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in , United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is one of the Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial grouping of women's colleges in the northeastern United States.
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  • College
  • …lies at an elevation of 135 feet (41 metres)
  • …is also known as “Wellesley Centers for Women”
  • Description: private women’s liberal arts college in Massachusetts
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Places of Interest Nearby

Discover Davis Museum at Wellesley College and Whitin Observatory.
Museum
The Davis Museum is an art museum located on the…
1,600 feet north of Wellesley College
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Observatory
is an astronomical owned and operated by Wellesley College.
2,500 feet northeast of Wellesley College
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College building
is a college building.
1,500 feet north of Wellesley College

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wellesley and Natick.
is a town in with a population of about 37,000.
Neighborhood
is a populated place in , , United States.
2½ miles west of Wellesley College
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Latitude
42.28955° or 42° 17′ 22″ north
Longitude
-71.3086° or 71° 18′ 31″ west
Open location code
87JC7MQR+RH
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Wellesley College” goes by many names.
كلية ويليسليArabic
Ուելսլի քոլեջArmenian
Uellsli kolleciAzerbaijani
Wellesley CollegeBasque
Каледж УэлсліBelarusian
Коледж ЎэлесьліBelarusian
Wellesley CollegeCatalan
卫斯理女子文理学院Chinese
卫斯理学院Chinese
维斯理学院Chinese
衛斯理學院Chinese
Wellesley CollegeCzech
Wellesleyská kolejCzech
Wellesley CollegeDutch
كليه ويليسلىEgyptian Arabic
ويلزيلى كوليدچEgyptian Arabic
Kolegio WellesleyEsperanto
Universitato WellesleyEsperanto
Wellesley CollegeFinnish
Wellesley CollegeGalician
უელსლის კოლეჯიGeorgian
Κολέγιο ΟυέλσλεϊGreek
מכללת וולזליHebrew
מכללת ולסליHebrew
Wellesley CollegeHungarian
Wellesley Centers for WomenIgbo
Wellesley CollegeIgbo
Wellesley CollegeIloko
Wellesley CollegeIndonesian
Coláiste WellesleyIrish
Wellesley CollegeItalian
ウェルズリー大学Japanese
Уэллсли колледжіKazakh
웰즐리 대학교Korean
웰즐리 칼리지Korean
Collegium WellesleianumLatin
Wellesley CollegeLuxembourgish
Wellesley CollegeNorwegian
Wellesley CollegeNorwegian Bokmål
Wellesley CollegeOccitan (post 1500)
کالج ولزلیPersian
Wellesley CollegePolish
Колледж УэллслиRussian
Колледж УэлслиRussian
Wellesley CollegeScots
ВелслиSerbian
Колеџ ВелслиSerbian
Wellesley CollegeSlovenian
ولزلی کالجیSouth Azerbaijani
Wellesley CollegeSwedish
Веллсли көллиятеTatar
Wellesley KolejiTurkish
Коледж ВеллсліUkrainian
ویلزلی کالجUrdu
Wellesley CollegeVenetian
Coleg WellesleyWelsh
Ուէլսլի ՔոլէճWestern Armenian
ویلسلے کالجWestern Panjabi
衛斯理學院Yue Chinese

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