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Sito istituzionale. Modifica dati su Wikidata · Manuale. Alexandria è una città equivalente a contea ( independent city) degli Stati Uniti d'America nello Stato della Virginia. Situata sulla riva ovest del fiume Potomac, la città è a circa 10 km a sud della capitale federale, Washington .
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C. Alexandria is the third largest " principal city " of the Washington metropolitan area which is part of the larger ...
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On October 21, 1669 a patent granted 6,000 acres (24 km2) to Robert Howsing for transporting 120 people to the Colony of Virginia.: 5 That tract would later become the City of Alexandria.: 5 Virginia's comprehensive Tobacco Inspection Law of 1730 mandated that all tobacco grown in the colony must be brought to locally designated public warehouses f...
In 1791, Alexandria was included in the area chosen by George Washington to become the District of Columbia. A portion of the City of Alexandria—known as "Old Town"--- and all of today's Arlington County share the distinction of having been originally in Virginia, ceded to the U.S. Government to form the District of Columbia, and later retroceded t...
Over time, a movement grew to separate Alexandria from the District of Columbia. As competition grew with the port of Georgetown and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canalfostered development on the north side of the Potomac River, the city's economy stagnated. In addition, many in Alexandria hoped to benefit from land sales and increased business from the ...
The first fatalities of the North and South in the American Civil War occurred in Alexandria. Within a month of the Battle of Fort Sumter, where two died, Union Army troops occupied Alexandria, landing troops at the base of King Street on the Potomac River on May 24, 1861. A few blocks up King Street from their landing site, the commander of the Ne...
At the turn of the 20th century, the most common production in the city was glass, fertilizer, beer and leather. The glass often went into beer bottles. Much of the Virginia Glass Company effort went to supply the demands of the Robert Portner Brewing Company, until fire destroyed the St. Asaph Street plant on February 18, 1905. The Old Dominion Gl...
The 2011 Foo Fighters album Wasting Light featured the track "Arlandria" named for a section of the city where Grohl once lived. In 2014, legislation was introduced in the city council to repeal the 1963 law that requires new north–south streets to carry the name of a Confederatemilitary leader. In November 2020, the school board announced that T. ...
R.H. Long (1863), "Alexandria", Hunt's Gazetteer of the Border and Southern States, Pittsburgh: John P. HuntF. L. Brockett and Geo. W. Rock (1883). Concise History of the City of Alexandria, Va., from 1669 to 1883, with a directory of reliable business houses in the city. Alexandria, Va.{{cite book}}: CS...Alexandria è una città equivalente a contea ( independent city) degli Stati Uniti d'America nello Stato della Virginia. Situata sulla riva ovest del fiume Potomac, la città è a circa 10 km a sud della capitale federale, Washington .
Alexandria is a city in Virginia in the United States. It has a population of 159,200 in 2020. It is 6 miles south of Washington, D.C. It is by the Potomac River. The temperature is between 80°F to 100°F in the summer, and 20°F to 40°F in the winter. The Athenaeum in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria, Virginia is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, located along the western bank of the Potomac River. The city of approximately 151,000 is about six miles (9.6 kilometers) south of downtown Washington, D.C.
Alexandria ist eine Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Virginia mit 159.467 [2] Einwohnern (Stand: Volkszählung 2020 ). Sie liegt an der Westseite des Potomac River, knapp zehn Kilometer von Washington, D.C. entfernt. Alexandria ist, wie alle größeren Städte Virginias, countyunabhängig.
