Monument to Balzac
Monument to Balzac is a work of art in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Monument to Balzac is situated nearby to the work of art Seated Yucatan Woman, as well as near Clamdigger.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 1,100 feet northeast of Monument to Balzac.
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 Monument to Balzac.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East End and Waterfront.
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.
Waterfront
Capitol Hill
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.
Monument to Balzac
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Category: tourism
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.88906° or 38° 53′ 21″ northLongitude
-77.02257° or 77° 1′ 21″ westOpen location code
87C4VXQG+JXOpenStreetMap ID
node 917753616OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statue
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