United States Capitol
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.Photo: Ottojula, Public domain.
Photo: Southgeist, Public domain.
- Opening hours: Monday—Saturday 8:30 AM—4:30 PM
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: meeting place of the United States Congress
- Address: First Street Southeast, Washington, DC 20004
- Wheelchair access: yes
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: USCapitol, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
National Mall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The National Mall, a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in Washington, D.C. stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.
Statue of Freedom
The Statue of Freedom, also known as Armed Freedom or simply Freedom, is a bronze statue designed by Thomas Crawford that, since 1863, has crowned the United States Capitol dome.U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The United States Capitol Visitor Center is a large underground addition to the United States Capitol complex which serves as a gathering point for up to 4,000 tourists and an expansion space for the U.S. U.S. Capitol Visitor Center is situated 130 metres east of United States Capitol.
Localities in the Area
Capitol Hill
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Capitol Hill is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.
NoMa
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
"NoMa" is a moniker for the area north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union…
East End
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East End is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square.
United States Capitol
- Categories: capitol building, government office, building, tourism, office and government building
- Location: Washington County (historical), Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.88981° or 38° 53' 23" northLongitude
-77.00895° or 77° 0' 32" westElevation
25 metres (82 feet)Inception
1800Levels
3Height
88 metres (287 feet)Open Location Code
87C4VXQR+WCOpenStreetMap ID
way 66418809OpenStreetMap Feature
building=governmentOpenStreetMap Feature
office=governmentOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap Attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
4140827Wikidata ID
Q54109United States Capitol Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Capitol
- Albanian: Kapitoli
- Albanian: Kapitoli i Shteteve të Bashkuara
- Arabic: Kapitolyo han Estados Unidos
- Arabic: كابيتول الولايات المتحدة
- Arabic: مبنى الكونغرس الأمريكي
- Armenian: Կապիտոլիում
- Asturian: Capitoliu de los Estaos Xuníos
- Azerbaijani: ABŞ Konqres Binası
- Azerbaijani: ABŞ kapitolu
- Azerbaijani: Kapitol
- Basque: Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako Kapitolioa
- Belarusian: Капітолій, Вашынгтон
- Belarusian: Капітолій
- Belarusian: Капітоліюм
- Bengali: ইউনাইটেড স্টেটস ক্যাপিটল
- Bosnian: Kapitol Sjedinjenih Američkih Država
- Breton: Kapitol ar Stadoù-Unanet
- Bulgarian: Капитолий
- Burmese: အမေရိကန်ပြည်ထောင်စု ကာပီတယ်လ်
- Catalan: Capitoli dels Estats Units
- Chinese: 美国国会大厦
- Chinese: 美國國會大廈
- Corsican: Campidogliu
- Corsican: Campidogliu di i SU
- Corsican: Campidogliu di i Stati Uniti
- Czech: Kapitol Spojených států amerických
- Danish: United States Capitol
- Dutch: Capitool (Washington)
- Dutch: Capitool
- English: Capitol
- English: Capitol Building
- English: Capitol building
- English: Congress House
- English: Federal House
- English: Punchbowl
- English: The Capitol
- English: U.S. Capitol
- English: U.S. Capitol Building
- English: U S Capitol
- English: US Capitol
- English: US Capitol Building
- English: United States Capitol building
- Esperanto: Kapitolo de Usono
- Estonian: Kapitoolium
- Finnish: United States Capitol
- Finnish: Yhdysvaltain kongressitalo
- French: Capitole
- French: Capitole des États-Unis
- Galician: Capitolio dos Estados Unidos
- Georgian: კაპიტოლიუმი
- German: Kapitol
- German: Kapitol der Vereinigten Staaten
- Greek: Καπιτώλιο των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών
- Hebrew: הקפיטול
- Hindi: संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका का संसदभवन
- Hungarian: Az Amerikai Egyesült Államok Capitoliuma
- Hungarian: Az Egyesült Államok Capitoliuma
- Hungarian: Capitolium
- Hungarian: az Egyesült Államok Capitoliuma
- Indonesian: Gedung Capitol
- Irish: Caipeatól na Stát Aontaithe
- Irish: an Caipeatól
- Italian: Campidoglio
- Italian: Campidoglio degli Stati Uniti
- Italian: Campidoglio degli Stati Uniti d'America
- Japanese: アメリカ合衆国議会議事堂
- Javanese: Gedhung Capitol
- Kazakh: Капитолий (Вашингтон)
- Korean: 미국 국회의사당
- Korean: 미국 의회의사당
- Latin: Capitolium Civitatum Foederatarum
- Latvian: ASV Kapitolijs
- Lithuanian: Jungtinių Valstijų Kapitolijus
- Macedonian: Капитол
- Malay: Kapitol Amerika Syarikat
- Malayalam: കാപിറ്റോൾ മന്ദിരം
- Malayalam: യുണൈറ്റഡ് സ്റ്റേറ്റ്സ് കാപിറ്റോൾ
- Malayalam: സ്റ്റേറ്റ്സ്& കാപിറ്റോൾ
- Marathi: अमेरिकन कॅपिटल
- Mingrelian: კაპიტოლიუმი
- Nepali: अमेरिकी क्यापिटल
- Norwegian: United States Capitol
- Norwegian Bokmål: United States Capitol
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Capitol
- Occitan (post 1500): Capitòli dels Estats Units
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Unitegan Statum Capitole
- Panjabi: ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਜ ਕੈਪੀਟਲ
- Persian: کاخ کنگره
- Persian: کاخ کنگره آمریکا
- Polish: Kapitol Stanów Zjednoczonych
- Polish: United States Capitol
- Portuguese: Capitólio dos Estados Unidos
- Romanian: Capitoliul Statelor Unite ale Americii
- Russian: Капитолий
- Scots: Caipitol o the Unitit States
- Scots: U.S. Caipitol
- Scots: Unitit States Caipitol
- Scots: Unitit States Capitol
- Scottish Gaelic: Capitol nan Stàitean Aonaichte
- Serbian: Капитол Сједињених Америчких Држава
- Serbo-Croatian: Kapitol Sjedinjenih Američkih Država
- Sinhala: එක්සත් ජනපද කැපිටල් ගොඩනැගිල්ල
- Slovak: Kapitol (sídlo kongresu)
- Slovenian: Kapitol
- Slovenian: Kapitol ZDA
- Slovenian: Kapitol Združenih držav Amerike
- Spanish: Capitolio de los Estados Unidos
- Swedish: Kapitolium
- Tagalog: Kapitolyo ng Estados Unidos
- Tamil: அமெரிக்க ஐக்கிய நாட்டு மாமன்றம்
- Tamil: ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்க சட்டமன்றக் கட்டிடம்
- Thai: อาคารรัฐสภาสหรัฐ
- Thai: อาคารรัฐสภาสหรัฐอเมริกา
- Turkish: Amerikan Kongre Binası
- Ukrainian: Капітолій
- Urdu: ریاستہائے متحدہ کیپٹل
- Uzbek: Kapitoliy binosi
- Venetian: Canpidojo
- Venetian: Capitol
- Vietnamese: Toà Quốc hội Hoa Kì
- Vietnamese: Toà Quốc hội Hoa Kỳ
- Vietnamese: Tòa Quốc hội Hoa Kì
- Vietnamese: Tòa Quốc hội Hoa Kỳ
- Vietnamese: Điện Capitol Hoa Kì
- Vietnamese: Điện Capitol Hoa Kỳ
- Waray (Philippines): Kapitolyo han Estados Unidos
- Welsh: Capitol yr Unol Daleithiau
- Western Panjabi: یونائیٹڈ سٹیٹس کیپیٹل
- Wu Chinese: 美国国会大厦
- Yue Chinese: 美國國會大廈
- Gedung Kapitol
Localities in the Area
- Capitol HillLocality
- Penn QuarterQuarter
- Barracks RowNeighbourhood
- ChinatownNeighbourhood
- Southwest WaterfrontQuarter
Places in the Area
- Capitol Hill Fountain
- GatehouseBuilding, 150 metres south
Popular Destinations in Washington, D.C.
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