26 November 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Universities, Colleges, Academies
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Georgetown University © Duane Lempke
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Georgetown University is a
private Jesuit research university in the
Georgetown neighborhood of
Washington, D.C. ,
United States . Founded by Bishop
John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest
Catholic institution of higher education in the United States and the nation’s first
federally chartered university.
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5 November 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Museums, Exhibitions , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Natioanl Mall from the Washington Monument © 54conphotos/cc-by-sa-4.0
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The National Mall is a
landscaped park near the
downtown area of
Washington, D.C. , the
capital city of the
United States . It contains and borders a number of museums of the
Smithsonian Institution , art galleries, cultural institutions, and various memorials, sculptures, and statues. It is administered by the
National Park Service (NPS) of the
United States Department of the Interior as part of the
National Mall and Memorial Parks unit of the
National Park System . The park receives approximately 24 million visitors each year. Designed by
Pierre L’Enfant , the “Grand Avenue” or Mall was to be a democratic and egalitarian space—unlike palace gardens, such as those at
Versailles in France, that were paid for by the people but reserved for the use of a privileged few.
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21 October 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Dupont Circle is a historic
roundabout park and
neighborhood of
Washington, D.C. , located in
Northwest D.C. The Dupont Circle neighborhood is bounded approximately by 16th Street NW to the east, 22nd Street NW to the west,
M Street NW to the south, and
Florida Avenue NW to the north. Much of the neighborhood is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places . However, the local government
Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2B) and the Dupont Circle Historic District have slightly different boundaries.
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8 June 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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The
Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington , commonly known as Washington National Cathedral or National Cathedral, is an American
cathedral of the
Episcopal Church . The cathedral is located in
Washington, D.C. , the capital of the United States. The structure is of
Neo-Gothic design closely modeled on English Gothic style of the late fourteenth century. It is the
second-largest church building in the United States, and the
third-tallest building in Washington, D.C. The cathedral is the seat of both the
Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church ,
Michael Bruce Curry , and the bishop of the
Diocese of Washington ,
Mariann Edgar Budde . Over 270,000 people visit the structure annually.
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1 November 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Germantown Library © Carol M. Highsmith – Library of Congress
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Germantown is an urbanized
census-designated place in
Montgomery County ,
Maryland , United States. With a population of 91,249 as of 2020 U.S. Decennial Census, Germantown is the third most populous place in Maryland, after the city of
Baltimore , and the census-designated place of
Columbia . Germantown is located approximately 28 miles (45 km) outside the U.S. capital of
Washington, D.C. and is an important part of the
Washington metropolitan area .
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8 July 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Bethesda is an
unincorporated ,
census-designated place in southern
Montgomery County ,
Maryland , United States, located just northwest of
Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the
Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in turn took its name from
Jerusalem ‘s
Pool of Bethesda . The
National Institutes of Health ‘s main campus and the
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center are in Bethesda, in addition to a number of corporate and government headquarters. As an unincorporated community, Bethesda has no official boundaries. According to the
2020 United States census , the community had a total population of 68,056.
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7 June 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Capitol Hill, in addition to being a
metonym for the
United States Congress , is the largest historic residential
neighborhood in Washington, D.C. , stretching easterly in front of the
United States Capitol along wide avenues. It is one of the oldest residential
neighborhoods in
Washington, D.C. , and, with roughly 35,000 people in just under 2 square miles (5 km²), it is also one of the most densely populated.
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19 March 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Museums, Exhibitions , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol Building, is the meeting place of the
United States Congress and the
seat of the
legislative branch of the
U.S. federal government . It is located on
Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the
National Mall in
Washington, D.C. Though no longer at the geographic center of the
federal district , the Capitol forms the origin point for the district’s street-numbering system and the
district’s four quadrants .
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16 March 2020 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Pennsylvania Avenue is a diagonal street in
Washington, D.C. and
Prince George’s County, Maryland that connects the
White House and the
United States Capitol and then crosses the city to Maryland. In Maryland it is also
Maryland Route 4 to MD-717 where it becomes Stephanie Roper Highway. The section between the White House and Congress is called “America’s Main Street”; it is the location of official parades and processions, as well as protest marches. Moreover, Pennsylvania Avenue is an important commuter road and is part of the
National Highway System .
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