Monumentum Vasingtonianum
Monumentum Vashingtonianum(AngliceWashington Monument) estobeliscusinCampo NationaliVasingtoniaeerectus adGeorgium Vasingtoniumcommemorandum, olim principalemExercitus Continentalisducem et primumCivitatum Foederatarumpraesidem.Quod plus minusve adorientemLacunae RepercutientisetMonumenti Lincolnianipatens,[1]exmarmore,granite,etgneissolapide caeruleo constructum,[2]est altissimaorbis terrarumstructuralapideaatque altissima orbis terrarum obeliscus, 555pedes7 et 11/32 unciae altus.
Coepit constructio monumenti anno1848,sed opus ab anno1854ad1877sistit propter inopiampecuniae,certamen de Societate Monumenti Nationalis Vasingtoniiae continenda, etBellum Civile Americanuminterventum. Quamquam structura lapidea anno1884confecta est, operaferrea,tumulus,et alia singula ultima imperfecta usque ad1888manebant. Variationescolorisinmarmore,circa 150pedesaltae, videri possunt, ubi fabricatio stata est et deinde exlapicidinisaliis resumpta est.
Designatio prima abarchitectoRoberto Millsadumbrata est, sedporticumreliquit, solumobeliscusperficiens, cuius apex planus mutatus inpyramidionacutum anno1879.Lapis angularisdie4 Iulii1848iactus est; primus lapis strato 152 pedum iactus est7 Augusti1880,capitulumpositum est die6 Decembris1884,et monumentum confectum dedicatum est die21 Februarii1885.[3]Aedificiumconfectum rite inauguratum est die9 Octobris1888.Monumentum tum fuit altissimaorbis terrarumstructura, titulus antea acathedrali Coloniensishabitus. Monumentum hoc nomen tenuit usque ad1889,cumTurris EiffelianaLutetiaeFranciaeconficeretur.
Monumentum, perterraemotumVirginianumanni2011ettyphone marinoeodem anno laesum, publice praeclusum manebat cum structura investigaretur et reficeretur.[4]Post triginta duos menses, Ministerium Saeptorum Nationale et Fiducia Campi Nationalis monumentum iterum salutatoribus inauguraverunt die12 Maii2014.[5]
Nexus interni
- Aedes Albae
- Capitolium Civitatum Foederatarum
- Monumentum Jeffersonianum
- Monumentum Lincolnianum
- Monumentum Nationale Massonicum Georgii Vasingtonii
- Pentagon
Notae
[recensere|fontem recensere]- ↑"Foundation Statement for the National Mall and Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Park",National Park Service.
- ↑Wunsch, Aaron V. (1994).Historic American Buildings Survey, Washington Monument, HABS DC-428(text).National Park Service.
- ↑"Marking a people's love,"The New York Times,22 Februarii1885.
- ↑""Washington Monument Remains Closed Indefinitely. "''Associated Press.''".Photoblog.msnbc.msn.com. 23 Augusti 2011.
- ↑"Washington Monument reopening".National Park Service.
Bibliographia
[recensere|fontem recensere]- Allen, Thomas B.2000.The Washington Monument: it stands for all.Praefatio Stephen E. Ambrose.ISBN 1-56331-921-7,ISBN 1-56331-788-5.
- Dubois, Muriel L.2002.The Washington Monument.Mankato Minnesotae: Bridgestone Books.ISBN 0-7368-1117-6.
- Gilmore, Frederic.2001.The Washington Monument: a tribute to a man, a monument for a nation.[Chanhassen Minnesotae]: Child's World.ISBN 1-56766-760-0.
- Marcovitz, Hal.2003.The Washington Monument.Introductio Barry Moreno. Philadelphiae: Mason Crest Publishers.ISBN 1-59084-028-3.
- The National Parks: Index 2001–2003.Vasingtoniae: United States Department of the Interior.
- Nelson, Kristin L.2003.The Washington Monument.Minneapoli: Lerner Publications.ISBN 0-8225-0250-X.
Nexus externi
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- Adumbratio,www.nytimes.com (Harper's Weekly,21 Februarii 1885, dies inaugurationis monumenti)
- Situs proprius,www.nps.gov (National Park Service)
- "Prehistory on the Mall at the Washington Monument,"anthropology.si.edu
- Trust for the National Mall: Washington Monument,www.nationalmall.org (Trust for the National Mall)
- "Today in History—December 6,"memory.loc.gov