Wikidata

(Q178114)

English

Washington Monument

obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

  • WAMO
  • Washington National Monument
In more languages
default for all languages
No label defined

No description defined

Statements

inception
1848
0 references
image
Washington Monument 2022.jpg
3,024 × 4,032; 1.79 MB
0 references
Washington Monument in 2017, NW side.jpg
2,825 × 4,251; 2.61 MB
0 references
Hill East, Washington, DC, USA - panoramio (13).jpg
4,928 × 3,264; 4.56 MB
0 references
native label
Washington Monument (English)
0 references
genre
public art
0 references
significant event
date of official opening
1886
1 reference
reference URL
https://www.nps.gov/wamo/learn/historyculture/index.htm
title
Learn About the Park : History & Culture (English)
publisher
National Park Service
last update
22 December 2022
quotation
the Washington Monument was first accessible to the public in 1886, closed much of 1887 until it could be better protected from vandals, and reopened in 1888 with a public elevator (English)
retrieved
30 December 2022
9 October 1888Gregorian
1 reference
reference URL
https://nationalmall.org/monuments-memorials/washington-monument
quotation
opened to the public on October 9, 1888, exactly 40 years after the cornerstone was laid (English)
retrieved
30 December 2022
visitors per year
has characteristic
built using slave labor
2 references
stated in
DC Historic Sites
DC Historic Sites place ID
655
retrieved
30 December 2022
reference URL
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a1370c18c72f47cfb79c28300f089da6
title
Capital City Slavery (English)
subtitle
Historically preserved sites of enslavement in Washington D.C. (English)
author name string
Shae Corey
publication date
28 April 2022
publisher
DC Preservation League
retrieved
30 December 2022
offers view on
Lincoln Memorial
0 references
National Mall
0 references
White House
0 references
view
View from Washington Monument - facing west.jpg
5,100 × 2,280; 3.48 MB
0 references
Commons category
Washington Monument
0 references

Identifiers

AAA attraction ID
517897
0 references
Comic Vine ID
4020-62087
0 references
Giant Bomb ID
3035-2534
0 references
GNIS Feature ID
531850
0 references
Natural Atlas ID
1869943
0 references
Park Alpha Code
WAMO
0 references
PEPC park ID
199
0 references
SNAC ARK ID
w69q3qvw
0 references
TripAdvisor ID
107009
0 references
Wikimapia ID
890
0 references
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
04562387-n
0 references
 
edit
edit
    edit
      edit
      edit
      edit
        edit
          edit
            edit
            Retrieved from "https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q178114&oldid=2272271522"