Abaqondisi Abaqondisi be-Washington DC's Famous Landmark
I-Monument yaseWashington, isikhumbuzo kuGeorge Washington, umongameli wokuqala wezwe lethu, isakhiwo esivelele kunazo zonke eWashington, DC futhi simi njengesizinda esikhulu se- National Mall. Yisakhiwo esiphezulu kunazo zonke eWashington, DC futhi singama-intshi angu-5 1/8 amasentimitha phezulu. Amafulegi angu-50 azungeze isisekelo seMonument yaseWashington efanekisela amazwe aseMelika angu-50. I-elevator ithatha izivakashi phezulu ukuze zibone umbono okhangayo waseWashington, DC kuhlanganise nemibono eyingqayizivele yeLincoln Memorial , i- White House , i-Thomas Jefferson Memorial, ne- Capitol Building .
I-Sylvan Theatre, i-amphitheater yangaphandle eseduze nendawo engaphansi kweMonument yaseWashington, indawo evelele yemicimbi eminingi ehlanganisa amakhonsathi wamahhala futhi ahlale emibonweni yezemidlalo, imikhosi yokugubha, imikhosi nemibhikisho.
I-Monument yaseWashington ivaliwe manje kuzivakashi. I-elevator iqhutshwa iphrojekthi yesikhashana okulindeleke ukuba ifike ku-$ 3 million. Le phrojekthi ixhaswa yi-philanthropist uDavid Rubenstein. Isikhumbuzo kulindeleke ukuthi sivulwe futhi ngo-2019. Amathikithi ayatholakali ngalesi sikhathi futhi ukuvakashelwa kuzoqala kabusha lapho ukulungiswa kuqedile.
Bheka izithombe zeSikhumbuzo se-Washington
Indawo
Umthethosisekelo Ave. no-15th St.
Washington, DC
(202) 426-6841
Bona ibalazwe nezikhombisi-ndlela ku-National Mall
I-Metro Station esiseduze yi-Smithsonian ne-L'Enfant Plaza
I-Sylvan Theatre - Isitezi Esingaphandle Esigodini Esiyisikhumbuzo saseWashington
I-Sylvan Theater iyinhlangano yokudlala yangaphandle esendaweni esenyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-15th Street ne-Independence Avenue eduze kwesisekelo seMonument yaseWashington.
Isayithi liyindawo evelele yezinto ezihlukahlukene ezibandakanya amakhonsathi wamahhala futhi aphile ngendlela yokudlala, imikhosi yokugubha, imibuthano nemibhikisho.
Umlando weSikhumbuzo SeWashington
Iziphakamiso eziningi zenziwa ukwakha isikhumbuzo esinikezelwe uGeorge Washington ngemuva kokunqoba kweMelika Revolution.
Ngemuva kokufa kwakhe, iCongress yagunyaza ukwakhiwa kwesikhumbuzo esiyinhloko-dolobha yesizwe. Umklami uRobert Mills wenza i-Monument ngecebo elihle lobelisk elide eligcwele isithombe saseWashington esimi enqoleni kanye ne-colonade enezithombe zezimpi ezingama-30 ze-Revolutionary War. Ukwakhiwa kweMonikhumbuzo waseWashington kwaqala ngo-1848. Nokho, lo mklamo wenziwe lula futhi awuqedi kuze kube ngo-1884, ngenxa yokuntuleka kwezimali ngesikhathi seMpi Yombango. Kusukela ngoJulayi 1848 iWashington National Monument Society yamemezela ukuthi, amadolobha kanye nemiphakathi yokuthanda izwe ukufaka amatshe okukhumbuza ukukhumbula uGeorge Washington. Amatshe okukhumbuzo angu-192 agcoba izindonga zangaphakathi zetshe lesikhumbuzo.
Ukusuka ngo-1998 kuya ku-2000, iSikhumbuzo saseWashington sabuyiselwa futhi isikhungo esisha solwazi sakhiwa ngaphansi kwesonto lokubuka. Ngo-2005, udonga olusha lwakhiwa eduze kwetshe lesikhumbuzo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuphepha. Ukuzamazama komhlaba okungu-5.8 ngo-Agasti 2011, kwalimaza i-elevator kanye nezingxenye zetshe lesikhumbuzo phakathi kwamamitha angu-475 no-530 ngaphezu kwenhlabathi. Lesi sikhumbuzo sivaliwe iminyaka engu-2.5 sokulungiswa okubiza amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-7,5. Eminyakeni emibili nje kamuva i-elevator yeka ukusebenza. Isikhumbuzo okwamanje siyaqhubeka ukulungiswa.
Iwebhusayithi esemthethweni: http://www.nps.gov/amo/home.htm