The Great Warrior of Montauban
The Great Warrior of Montauban is a bronze sculpture by Antoine Bourdelle. It was commissioned in 1897, by the village of Montauban to commemorate the Franco-Prussian War.Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: artwork by Antoine Bourdelle
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Mall and National Gallery of Art.
National Mall
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The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
National Gallery of Art
Museum
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The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. National Gallery of Art is situated 1,000 feet northeast of The Great Warrior of Montauban.
National Museum of Natural History
Museum
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The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. National Museum of Natural History is situated 1,300 feet northwest of The Great Warrior of Montauban.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East End and Downtown.
East End
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East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.
Downtown
Suburb
Photo: Kurt Kaiser, CC0.
Downtown is the central business district of Washington, D.C., located in Northwest D.C. It is the third largest central business district in the United States.
Waterfront
The Waterfront is just south of the National Mall. In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.
The Great Warrior of Montauban
- Categories: monument, statue, and tourism
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.88917° or 38° 53′ 21″ northLongitude
-77.02232° or 77° 1′ 20″ westHeight
6.1 feet (1.9 metres)Open location code
87C4VXQH+M3OpenStreetMap ID
node 917753208OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q7737985
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“The Great Warrior of Montauban” goes by many names.
- French: “Le Grand Guerrier”
- French: “The Great Warrior of Montauban”
- Japanese: “モントーバンの偉大な戦士”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and L’Enfant Square.
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