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Lafayette Monument

The Lafayette Monument is a bronze equestrian statue of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, by Andrew O'Connor, Jr. It is located on the northern edge of the South Park, at Mount Vernon Place, , directly across a cobblestone circle from The Washington Monument.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Description: artwork by Andrew O’Connor
  • Also known as: “Marquis de Lafayette Monument”

Places of Interest Nearby

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 , .

Monument
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The 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Vernon and Downtown Baltimore.

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 .

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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.

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.

Lafayette Monument

Latitude
39.29721° or 39° 17′ 50″ north
Longitude
-76.61564° or 76° 36′ 56″ west
Inception
1924
Open location code
87F579WM+VP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4590244511
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Wiki­data ID
Q6471469
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In Other Languages

From French to Portuguese—“Lafayette Monument” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Washington Monument and South Mount Vernon Place.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lafayette Monument”. Photo: Daderot, Public domain.