1. Washington, D.C.

2. Washington D.C. – the capital of the USA. The city
was founded in 1791 by the first president of the
USA and was named after him.

3. George Washington, the
first President of the
USA, after whom the
city was named.

4. The city stands on the Potomac
River.

5. The city is situated in the District of Colambia.
This District doesn’t belong to any of the states.

6. The District was named
in honour of the
discovered of America
Christofor Colambus.

7. Washington D.C. is unusual city. It has some
peculiarities. Such us:

8. 1. The city was designed and build as a capital.

9. 2. It was designed in
french style by french
architector Pierre
Charles L’Enfant.

10. 3. There are no sky-scrapers due to the law
against building houses higher than the Capitol.

11. 4. It is the city
of only one
industry –
law-making.

12. 5. It is the city of greenary.

13. The Capitol - place, where the US Congress
meets to discuss the nation's affairs. It stands on
Capitol Hill, the highest point in the city.

14. The Library of Congress is not far from the Capitol. It is
one of the largest libraries in the world.

16. It takes about 500 kilometres of
shelves to hold all the books!

17. Pennsylvania Avenue joins the Capitol and the White
House which is the President's residence. The White House
has been the home of every president with the exception of
George Washington.

18. The North side of the White house.

19. The Washington Monument is situated in Potomac
Park. It is the tallest stone structure in the USA.

20. It is about 160 metres tall and is called the “Pencil” because of its
shape.

21. The Lincoln Memorial is built in the style of a classic
Greek Temple.

22. Inside the
Memorial there is
a large white
marble statue of
the 16th President
of the USA

23. This is Jefferson Memorial built in honour of Thomas
Jefferson, the third president of the USA and the author of the
Declaration of Independence.

24. Inside you can see a
statue of Thomas
Jefferson. There are
extracts from his most
famous works on the
walls.

25. Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul

26. Arlington National Cemetery - the military cemetery.
In the cemetery are buried members of wars, presidents
, heads of the Supreme Court and astronauts .
Now the cemetery has 300,000 graves .

27. Welcome to Washington, D.C.
full of history,

28. wonders,

29. beauty,

30. and life!