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.Photo: Daniel Chester French, Public domain.
- 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.
Lincoln Memorial
Photo: UpstateNYer, Public domain.
The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western end of the National Mall of Washington, D.C. The memorial is built in a neoclassical style in the form of a classical temple.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Monument
Photo: Booyajoe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the United States Armed Forces who served in the Vietnam War. Vietnam Veterans Memorial is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Statue of Abraham Lincoln.
Washington Monument
Photo: Greyfiveys, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Washington Monument is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. Washington Monument is situated 1 mile east of Statue of Abraham Lincoln.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foggy Bottom and Golden Triangle.
Foggy Bottom
Suburb
Photo: bootbearwdc, CC BY 2.0.
Foggy Bottom is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States, located in the city's northwest quadrant. It stretches west of the White House towards the Potomac River, north of the National Mall, east of Georgetown, south of the West End neighborhood and west of Downtown D.C.
Golden Triangle
Neighborhood
The Golden Triangle is a neighborhood and business improvement district in Washington, D.C. Covering 43 blocks, it encompasses the western part of Washington's central business district, running from the front yard of the White House's north side to Dupont Circle and from 16th Street NW to 21st Street NW and including sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.
West End
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The West End of Downtown D.C. is the area immediately west of downtown. This guide focuses on the areas of K Street, the West End and Foggy Bottom neighborhoods.
Statue of Abraham Lincoln
- Categories: statue, tourist attraction, tourist destination, memorial, colossal statue, and tourism
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.88928° or 38° 53′ 21″ northLongitude
-77.05027° or 77° 3′ 1″ westHeight
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
87C4VWQX+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 6166898771OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata 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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