Statue of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln is a colossal seated figure of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, sculpted by Daniel Chester French and carved by the Piccirilli Brothers.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: statue at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: “Abraham Lincoln”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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The is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western end of the of The memorial is built in a neoclassical style in the form of a classical temple.

Monument
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The , commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in , honoring service members of the United States Armed Forces who served in the Vietnam War. is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Statue of Abraham Lincoln.

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The is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the in , built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. is situated 1 mile east of Statue of Abraham Lincoln.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Foggy Bottom and Golden Triangle.

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is a neighborhood of , United States, located in the city's quadrant. It stretches west of the towards the , north of the , east of , south of the neighborhood and west of .

Neighborhood
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The is a neighborhood and business improvement district in , United States. Covering 43 blocks, it encompasses the western part of Washington's central business district, running from the front yard of the 's north side to and from 16th Street NW to 21st Street NW and including sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.

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The of Downtown D.C. is the area immediately west of downtown. This guide focuses on the areas of K Street, the and Foggy Bottom neighborhoods.

Statue of Abraham Lincoln

Latitude
38.88928° or 38° 53′ 21″ north
Longitude
-77.05027° or 77° 3′ 1″ west
Height
52 feet (16 metres)
Open location code
87C4VWQX+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6166898771
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Wiki­data ID
Q4669005
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Statue of Abraham Lincoln” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبراهام لينكولن (تمثال ١٩٢٠)”
  • Arabic: “أبراهام لينكولن”
  • Chinese: “亞伯拉罕·林肯雕像”
  • French: “Abraham Lincoln”
  • German: “Abraham Lincoln”
  • Indonesian: “Patung Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial)”
  • Indonesian: “Patung Abraham Lincoln”
  • Italian: “Abraham Lincoln”
  • Italian: “Statua di Abramo Lincoln”
  • Korean: “링컨 조각상”
  • Korean: “에이브러햄 링컨 조각상”
  • Latvian: “Abrahama Linkolna statuja (Linkolna memoriāls)”
  • Latvian: “Abrahama Linkolna statuja”
  • Polish: “Abraham Lincoln”
  • Polish: “Statua Abrahama Lincolna”
  • Sinhala: “ඒබ්‍රහම් ලින්කන්ගේ ප්‍රතිමාව (ලින්කන් ස්මාරකය)”
  • Sinhala: “ඒබ්‍රහම් ලින්කන්ගේ ප්‍රතිමාව”
  • Spanish: “Abraham Lincoln”
  • Spanish: “Estatua de Abraham Lincoln (Monumento a Lincoln)”
  • Spanish: “Estatua de Abraham Lincoln”
  • Swedish: “Abraham Lincoln”
  • Thai: “อนุสาวรีย์ลิงคอล์น”
  • Thai: “อนุสาวรีย์ลินคอล์น”
  • Urdu: “ابراہم لنکن کا مجسمہ (لنکن میموریل)”
  • Urdu: “ابراہم لنکن کا مجسمہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “ابراہم لنکن دا مجسمہ (لنکن میموریئل)”
  • Western Panjabi: “ابراہم لنکن دا مجسمہ”

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