Quite calm and relatively discreet Washington, in comparison with very noisy and mass New York, is an excellent city that will be interested in any tourist. Cultural campaigns are perfectly combined with hot entertainment and fascinating excursions on interesting places. Throughout the city, just a huge mass of places that you want to visit, and here are some of them.
Memorial to the veterans of the Korean War. Address: 10 Daniel FRENCH DR SW.
The monument honors the memory of the dead soldiers during the days of the Korean War, which was still called the forgotten war, because no one has said for a long time and did not remember. The monument was performed very original and mysteriously, because in the midst of green plantings, nineteen figures of 2.5 meter soldiers come out of the forest. Among them are not only fighters, but also sailors, air force fighters and infantrymen.
When you look at this monument, it becomes very sad, because the soldiers are depicted in white tones, and especially look at night when the backlight turns on.
Basilica of immaculate conception . Address: 400 Michigan Ave NE.
Basilica of the immaculate conception is considered the largest Catholic temple in the United States, as well as the highest building of Washington, because the height of the bell tower is almost one hundred meters.
The building was planned to build at the end of the 19th century, but the construction ended only in the 60s of the 20th century. Unegovitine style, low dome and mosaic, beautiful chapels. By the way, there is a mosaic, a size of 3,600 square meters, depicting the pantcratcher. At different times, Mother Teresa was here, John Paul II. Today, Basilica is a very popular place to visit tourists, because more than a million tourists and travelers are here every year.
National Museum of American Indians . Address: Independence Ave SW.
The Museum is considered the youngest in the United States, because it opened in 2004. This is a unique and only museum in a country that is fully dedicated to culture, history and everyday life of the Indians. Tourists can plunge into the history of the life of the Indian tribes, look at their hats, which is devoted to a whole pavilion, as well as stone and wooden products, dishes and other household items. It presents about eight hundred thousand exhibits and more than one hundred thousand photos.
But the greatest tourist interest is the Golden Wall, which presents various vintage products from gold, which are more than 400. After inspection of museum venues, tourists can dine in the restaurant of Indian cuisine or look into the souvenir shop.
Monastery of the coffin of the Lord. Address: 1400 QUINCY ST NE WASHINGTON.
This is the first monastery representative of Kustodiy of the Holy Land in the country, which allows you to make a pilgrimage in Jerusalem, while not leaving the United States. Charles Vassani is the creator of this idea, because he was the organizer of the first pilgrim group in Jerusalem.
Aristide Leonori was engaged in the creator of the church building. Who went to Jerusalem several times and made sketches, after which there were almost accurate copies of several Christian shrines on the territory of Washington.
National Museum of Aviation and Cosmonautics. Address: Independence Ave AT 6th St.
The museum was founded in 1946, which is the second most popular among tourists and travelers in the country.
It is here that tourists can see their own eyes the largest collection of aircraft, as well as cosmic ones. Saint-Luis spirit, Apollo-11, the Columbia module and many, many others. In addition, as it became known, the museum is engaged not only by the collection of exhibits, but also conducts serious scientific research in the fields of geology, planetology and geology.
National Bonsai Foundation. Address: 3501 New York Ave NE.
A corner of wildlife, occupying about 180 hectares, is located in the heart of Washington. The National Arboretum of the United States is simply an amazing place not only for hiking walks, but also a great place to enjoy natural beauty, among which meadows, gardens, fountains and ponds. But the pearl of everything is the unique National Bonsai Foundation, which was created back in 1976. The Japanese government presented the first 53 trees of the Fund, and the rest they acquired and raised themselves.
It's just an amazing spectacle, because miniature trees look just gorgeous. When you look at them, then intended how much time, care and care is required to grow at least one of them.
Museum of journalism and news. Address: 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW.
The museum has created relatively recently, in 2008, which went about $ 450 million.
Seven floors of the museum accommodates fifteen cinema halls, fourteen gallery, as well as several television studios, in which tourists can test their journalistic abilities. There are all the scandalous news of the whole country, photos, as well as sections and exhibits on topics. It is very interesting here, and to see everything will go away a lot of time.
Watergate. Address: 700 New Hampshire Ave NW.
The architectural ensemble was created in 1962. Although, the peak of Glory fell on the scandal around President Richard Nixon, who resigned president. Watergate created from three residential buildings, one among which is the hotel, and the other remains are administrative buildings.
Initially, it was planned to take various delegations here, which were taken by the Potomac River, from where the name happened, literally translated as a water gate. Previously, such personals have lived in the rooms as Monica Levinsky, Condoleezza Rice, Bob Dole.
St. Nicholas Cathedral. Address: 3500 Massachusetts Ave NW.
The cathedral is considered the main Orthodox church in the country, the department of the Metropolitan of all America and Canada, the Blessed Tikhon, the Archbishop of Washington, is located here.
In 1930, the first Orthodox Church was built, and the construction of the cathedral was over in the mid-90s. To date, the current temple is conducting services in four languages: the language of gestures, Georgian, Church-Slavyansky, and invoking English. The inner decoration of the cathedral is very beautiful.