Statue of Freedom

The Statue of Freedom, also known as Armed Freedom or simply Freedom, is a bronze statue designed by Thomas Crawford that, since 1863, has crowned the United States Capitol dome.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: artwork by Thomas Crawford, statue on top of the US Capitol
  • Also known as: “Freedom Statue”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and United States Capitol.

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The , a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

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The , often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government.

Tourism office
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The United States Capitol Visitor Center is a large underground addition to the complex which serves as a gathering point for up to 4,000 tourists and an expansion space for the U.S. is situated 460 feet east of Statue of Freedom.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and East End.

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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.

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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.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of , located in Ward 6 of the city. The neighborhood encompasses the region north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station.

Statue of Freedom

Latitude
38.88981° or 38° 53′ 23″ north
Longitude
-77.00907° or 77° 0′ 33″ west
Height
287 feet (88 metres)
Open location code
87C4VXQR+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 507832690
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Wiki­data ID
Q2063546
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Statue of Freedom” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تمثال الحرية”
  • Armenian: “Ազատության արձան (Կապիտոլիում)”
  • Armenian: “Ազատության արձան”
  • Cebuano: “Freedom Statue”
  • Chinese: “自由女神像”
  • Chinese: “自由雕像”
  • Danish: “Statue of Freedom”
  • Danish: “statuen af Friheden”
  • Dutch: “Statue of Freedom”
  • Esperanto: “Statuo de Armita Libereco”
  • French: “Statue de la Liberté”
  • German: “Statue der Freiheit”
  • German: “Statue of Freedom”
  • Hebrew: “פסל החופש”
  • Italian: “Statua della Libertà”
  • Japanese: “自由の塑像”
  • Japanese: “自由の彫像”
  • Persian: “تندیس آزادی”
  • Persian: “مجسمه آزادی”
  • Persian: “مجسمهٔ آزادی”
  • Persian: “مجسمه ازادی”
  • Portuguese: “Estátua da Liberdade”
  • Russian: “Статуя Свободы (Вашингтон)”
  • Russian: “Статуя Свободы”
  • Spanish: “Estatua de la Libertad (Capitolio)”
  • Spanish: “Estatua de la Libertad”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.

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