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3 giorni fa · Washington is an extraordinary city, one with multiple personalities: a working federal city, an international metropolis, a picturesque tourist destination, an unmatched treasury of the country’s history and artifacts, and a cosmopolitan centre that retains a neighbourly small-town ambience.
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4 giorni fa · The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800 when the national capital was moved from Philadelphia. [2] .
4 giorni fa · United States Capitol, meeting place of the United States Congress and one of the most familiar landmarks in Washington, D.C. Possibly the most culturally and historically important building in the United States, it has been home to Congress since 1800.
15 ore fa · The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
17 ore fa · The Taking of the City of Washington in America, wood engraving by G. Thompson, 1814. The work depicts the night of August 24, 1814, when British troops marched into Washington, D.C., and set fire to federal buildings, including the Capitol and the Executive Mansion (now known as the White House).
- The White House is the official office and residence of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washi...
- The White House and its landscaped grounds occupy 18 acres (7.2 hectares).
- The White House is both the home and workplace of the president of the United States, and it is the headquarters of the president’s principal staff...
- The second president of the United States, John Adams, moved into the still-unfinished presidential mansion on November 1, 1800.
- The White House building complex has more than 130 rooms.
- The White House is a Georgian mansion in the Palladian style.
3 giorni fa · The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States, victorious commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783 in the American Revolutionary War, and the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
4 giorni fa · Back to Results. L'Enfant, Plan of the City of Washington, 1792. After Congress passed the Residence Act in July of 1790, establishing a permanent national capital on the Potomac River, President Washington appointed Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French architect and engineer who had served in the Continental Army, to design the new capital.
