Bartholdi Fountain

The Bartholdi Fountain is a monumental public fountain, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, who later created the Statue of Liberty. The fountain was originally made for the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is now located…

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Type: Body of water
Description: Monumental fountain designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi in Washington, D.C.
Also known as: “Fountain of Light and Water”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.

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.

United States Capitol

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The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. United States Capitol is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Bartholdi Fountain.

National Museum of the American Indian

Museum

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The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum in the United States devoted to the culture of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. It is part of the Smithsonian Institution group of museums and research centers. National Museum of the American Indian is situated 1,200 feet west of Bartholdi Fountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Waterfront.

Capitol Hill

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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.

Waterfront

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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.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

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Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.

Bartholdi Fountain

Categories: sculpture and fountain
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.88713° or 38° 53′ 14″ north

Longitude

-77.01267° or 77° 0′ 46″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87C4VXPP+VW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 348428680

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=fountain

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

Wikidata ID

Q4865203

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Bartholdi Fountain” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Bartholdi Fountain”
Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة بارتولدى”
Esperanto: “Fontano de Bartholdi”
French: “Bartholdi Fountain”
French: “Fontaine Bartholdi de Washington”
French: “fontaine Bartholdi”
Maltese: “Funtana ta‘ Bartholdi”
Spanish: “Fuente Bartholdi”

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