The city of Washington (Washington, D.C)

The city of Washington (Washington, D.C)

Content

1. Introduction

2. Geographical position

3. Climate

4. Population

5. Sights

6. Conclusion

7. Q uestions

8. Source

Introduction

The city of Washington (Washington, D.C) - a place where the riches of the American history, its culture and a heritage are concentrated.

Welcome to Washington!!!!!

The first president of

the USA is

George Washington.

Geographical position

The city of Washington - capital of the United States of America. It is located in district of Columbia, on river bank Potomac and Virginia and Maryland borders on states. Washington has been based on July, 16th, 1790 under plans of the engineer of P.S.Lanfana. Thanks to it Washington has got an accurate lay-out of streets and an avenue. During Anglo-American war the capital has been burnt, and after short time is built up again.

The city of Washington

Climate

Climate in Washington is subtropical, damp. In winter the average temperature of air fluctuates from 0°C to +5°C, in summer from +15°C to +21°C. Precipitations are frequent enough, about 970 mm a year, basically in the form of a rain. Snow even drops out seldom in winter and quickly thaws.

The population

The population of Washington makes more than 650 thousand persons, with suburbs - about 4 million persons. Among ethnic groups which live in capital, Europeans of white race - natives of the various countries Western and the Eastern Europe prevail.

Sights

The White House , the USA president’s residence is in the city centre. It is a private residence in English style of 18 centuries, with the well-known lawn before it. In the White House there are not only living rooms, but also working premises, including the well-known Oval office where the president holds the major meetings. The White House is opened for visiting daily, except holidays.

The White House

The Capitol located on Capitol Hill , is the building of the Congress of the USA in which Senate sessions take place . The Capitol is the political centre of the USA, the American government is located here . Besides, the Capitol is the geographical centre of District of Columbia.

The Capitol is located on Capitol Hill

The Lincoln Memorial has been constructed in honour of the sixteenth US president Abraham Lincoln, is located in the east part of park of the Esplanade, in the centre of Washington.

The Lincoln Memorial

D.Washington's Monument is a 169-metre obelisk in the centre of Moll, opposite to the White House, devoted to the memory of the first US president George Washington. It is the highest construction of the city.

The National Museum of aeronautics and astronautics represents a remarkable collection of planes, spaceships and documents on aeronautics and astronautics stories.

Congress library is one of the largest libraries in the world. 26 000 000 books are stored in it, more than 36 000 000 manuscripts, cards, photos, and also archives of 23 US presidents. The building of the library is a work of fine art.

Congress library

The National gallery of arts is an art gallery, the collection of which plates out even among high quality collections of other American museums.

The Washington National Cathedral, constructed in Gothic style, is the largest Catholic temple in the Western hemisphere. The cathedral is well-known for the gargoyles, stained-glass windows and surrounding gardens.

The park of Constitution

The park is broken into the areas of 16,2 hectares on a place of buildings of the former Military department in honour of the Two-hundredth anniversary of independence of the USA. On an islet of park lake is a monument to 56 citizens who have signed the Declaration of independence. It enters into the system of national parks.

Kenilvorf’s Water Gardens

are under the care of service of national parks. The park area is 12 acres and is filled with reservoirs of the most beautiful lilies.

National Municipal Christian Church

This neoclassical Church

contains one of the greatest

bodies in Washington

(district of Columbia).

The temple has been

designed by the well-known

architect John Russell

Pope.

The conclusion

Washington is a very beautiful city which necessarily should be visited. Its sights will amaze you with the beauty! You want to arrive there time and again!

And at the conclusion a little of soldier's humour. All, of course, know, when in honour of whom the American capital is constructed. But hardly to whom is this joke known.

“ At the exams in the naval school the question has been asked to the cadet:" Who was George Washington the soldier or the seaman? "" It is final, he was the soldier, after all there hangs a picture at us on which he crosses the river Delaware standing in the boat. Each seaman knows that it is prohibited!"

Test questions

1.What is the city of Washington?

2.What are the features of Washington?

3.The government’s residence is…?

4. One of the largest libraries in the world is…?

5. When was the city Washington founded?

6. On what river and in what district is the city of Washington located?

Sources

• http://ru.wikipedia
• http://www.itswashington.com/

3.http://www.vokrugsveta.ru/encyclopedia/index.php?title=%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD

The presentation was made by Anna Vyshedko, group T-405, 2010.