Washington Monument, obelisk in Washington, D.C., honouring George Washington, the first president of the United States. Constructed of granite faced with Maryland marble, the structure is 55 feet (16.8 metres) square at the base and 554 feet 7 inches (169 metres) high and weighs an estimated 91,000 tons.
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- Print of the proposed Washington Monument by architect Robert Mills, c. 1845–1848. Bronze statue of George Washington in the monument's western alcove.
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- The Washington monument has lived over 220 years and it is the tallest building in Washington DC.
- The Washington National Monument Society, formed in 1833, raised funds for a design competition, but no plans realized their expectations.
- Millions of people walk along Washington’s National Mall and pause to stare up at the giant obelisk that is the Washington Monument.
- Built to honor George Washington, the United States' first president, the 555-foot marble obelisk towers over Washington, D.C.
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- Washington, DC, ABD'de bulunmaktadır, şehrin en önemli sembollerinden birisidir. Ülkenin kurucusu George Washington anısına yaptırılmıştır.
- The Washington Monument is a hollow Egyptian style stone obelisk with a 500-foot (152.4 m) tall column surmounted by a 55-foot (16.8 m) tall pyramidion.
- As early as 1888, an average of 55,000 people a month went to the top, and today the Washington Monument has more than 800,000 visitors each year.
