Transcript Sights of Washington (достопримечательности Вашингтона)

Sights of Washington
(достопримечательности Вашингтона)
работу выполнил : студент группы № 44 Степкин Кирилл
White House
The White House is the official residence
and principal workplace of
the President of the United States,
located at
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in
Washington, D.C. It has
been the residence of every U.S.
president
since John Adams in 1800.
Washington Monument
The Washington Monument is an
obelisk on the National Mall in
Washington, D.C., built to
commemorate George Washington,
once commander-in-chief of the
Continental Army and the first
American president. Standing almost
due east of the Reflecting Pool and the
Lincoln Memorial, the monument,
made of marble, granite, and
bluestone gneiss, is both the world's
tallest stone structure and the world's
tallest obelisk, standing 554 feet 7
11⁄32 inches (169.046 m) tall. It is the
tallest monumental column in the
world if all are measured above their
pedestrian entrances, but two are
taller when measured above ground,
although the latter are neither all stone
nor true obelisks.
Lincoln Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial is an American national monument built to honor the 16th President of the
United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the western end of the National Mall in
Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument. The architect was Henry Bacon; the
designer of the primary statue – Abraham Lincoln, 1920 – was Daniel Chester French; the Lincoln
statue was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers; and the painter of the interior murals was Jules
Guerin. Dedicated in 1922, it is one of several monuments built to honor an American president.
It has always been a major tourist attraction and since the 1930s has been a symbolic center
focused on race relations.
Supreme Court Building
The Supreme Court Building is
the seat of the Supreme Court
of the United States.
Completed in 1935, it is
situated in Washington, D.C.
at 1 First Street, NE, on the
block immediately east of the
United States Capitol. The
building is under the
jurisdiction of the Architect of
the Capitol. On May 4, 1987,
the Supreme Court Building
was designated a National
Historic Landmark. It is one of
a handful of National Historic
Landmarks which are not
listed on the National Register
of Historic Places.
National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art, and its attached Sculpture Garden, is a national art museum in
Washington, D.C., located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution
Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of charge, the museum was privately established in
1937 for the American people by a joint resolution of the United States Congress. Andrew W.
Mellon donated a substantial art collection and funds for construction.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a 3acre (12,000 m²) national memorial in
Washington, DC. It honors U.S. service
members of the U.S. armed forces who
fought in the Vietnam War, service
members who died in service in
Vietnam/South East Asia, and those
service members who were unaccounted
for (Missing In Action) during the War.
Its construction and related issues have
been the source of controversies, some
of which have resulted in additions to the
memorial complex. The memorial
currently consists of three separate parts:
the Three Soldiers statue, the Vietnam
Women's Memorial, and the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial Wall, which is the
best-known part of the memorial.
The National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space
Museum (NASM) of the
Smithsonian Institution holds the
largest collection of historic aircraft
and spacecraft in the world in
161,145 square feet (14,970.9 m2)
of exhibition floor space. It was
established in 1946, as the National
Air Museum and opened its main
building near L'Enfant Plaza in
1976. In 2014, the museum saw
approximately 6.7 million visitors,
making it the 5th most visited
museum in the world.
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