Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #10 in Washington, United States

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 4 km
Ascend 84 m
Descend 61 m

Explore Washington in United States with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Washington

Sight 1: Taras Shevchenko Statue

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Taras Shevchenko Statue

The Taras Shevchenko Memorial is a bronze statue and stone relief-adorned wall located on the 2200 block of P Street NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. It is one of many monuments in Washington, D.C. that honor foreign heroes who symbolize freedom in their native countries. Sculpted by Leo Mol, the memorial honors Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861), a Ukrainian poet and artist who influenced the development of modern Ukrainian literature.

Wikipedia: Taras Shevchenko Memorial (EN)

252 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Anderson House

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Anderson House, also known as Larz Anderson House, is a Gilded Age mansion located at 2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, on Embassy Row in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It now houses the Society of the Cincinnati's international headquarters and a research library on 17th- and 18th-century military and naval history and the art of war. It is also open to the public as a historic house museum about life in Washington in the early 20th century.

Wikipedia: Larz Anderson House (EN), Website, Opening Hours

404 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Q Street Northwest

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Q Street Northwest

The Dumbarton Bridge, also known as the Q Street Bridge and the Buffalo Bridge, is a historic masonry arch bridge in Washington, D.C.

Wikipedia: Dumbarton Bridge (Washington, D.C.) (EN)

1623 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 4: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Monument

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The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal commemorative obelisk is an 8-foot (2.4 m) marble obelisk erected in 1850 in Washington, D.C., to mark the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to Cumberland, Maryland. It stands on the northwest corner of the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge over the canal in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood.

Wikipedia: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal commemorative obelisk (EN)

1179 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 5: Bishop John Carroll

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Bishop John Carroll

Bishop John Carroll is a statue by the sculptor Jerome Connor commemorating Archbishop John Carroll, the founder of Georgetown University and the first Catholic bishop in the United States. Located in front of Healy Hall, on university's campus in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., the statue consists of a bronze sculpture of Carroll on top of a granite pedestal.

Wikipedia: Bishop John Carroll (statue) (EN)

526 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Georgetown University Astronomical Observatory

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Georgetown University Astronomical Observatory

The Georgetown University Astronomical Observatory was founded in 1841 by Father James Curley of the Department of Physics at Georgetown College. Father Curley chose a site on the college grounds, planned the building, and supervised its construction to its completion in 1844. Costs were initially paid by Rev. Thomas Meredith Jenkins, S.J., and Rev. Charles H. Stonestreet, S.J., who were Georgetown professors at the time. The observatory was used in 1846 to determine the latitude and longitude of Washington, D.C., which Curley determined to be latitude 38°54′26N and longitude 5h8m18.29s.

Wikipedia: Georgetown University Astronomical Observatory (EN)

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