555 feet tall
no stories
completed in 1884

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/images/symbols/wmonument_pool.jpg

8.5

Looks better in person. Pretty tall for a tower built in the 1800's!

8.5/10

Shows that a simple column can be very powerful!

Looks better in person. Pretty tall for a tower built in the 1800's!

!!!!!!!!OMG!! I thought It's from EGYPT!!!:eek: :omg: :? :?

it's bland, but an american historic site.

8/10

it's quite tall considering it's from the 1800's.. 7

Not bad. 7.5/10

Never been too fond of this. But still, it was built in the 19th century and is pretty tall... a 7.

7/10. Pretty tall for a monument.

9/10 I went to the top over Spring Break. Pics:

http://www.cyburbia.org/gallery/data/6073/1373was03.jpg

http://www.cyburbia.org/gallery/data/6073/1373was05.jpg

http://www.cyburbia.org/gallery/data/6073/1373was06.jpg

http://www.cyburbia.org/gallery/data/6073/1373was04.jpg

http://www.cyburbia.org/gallery/data/6073/1373was07.jpg

Very kick ass for a monument IMO, but they should have done a little something more with the ground around it base, or perhaps set it up on a pedestal large enough to serve as a sort of elevated plaza. I don't really care for the dirt mound type thing going on now... The tallest monument America has, for its first President. That seems fitting enough to me.

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9/10..One of, if not the best monument ever. It's tall, I like the color, and interesting shape. It always seems to be peaking out above DC all the time, and looks damn good doing it.

I am looking at those pictures from the top of the Washington Monument and I am thinking, "Do I even comprehend the importance if the buildings in that picture?"

On the building though.....7/10 - Bland, but tall

8.5/10 This monument rules! ;)

The reason this monument is shaped like an Egyption obelisk is because George Washington was a freemason. Look it up for more information. Its an interesting story.

There's a masonic memorial to G.W. in Viriginia, right across the Potomac. It's impressive.

Strange , all pics are gone :(

8/10


nice setting

i have been in it, it has an awesome view.

simple but nice
7.5/10

10/10

Oversized concrete cheater obelisk.

10/10

whats so great about this? apart from its size there is nothing to mark it out as being better than ancient needles all around the world.

It's not a copy, it's not original - but several cities have copied Washington after it was built. For it's height I give it a 4. It's ugly

Plain, but iconic and a nice addition to the skyline. I give it an 8.

6/10.

6/10

seem to me a bad copy> paste of the ancient egypt momuments

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With due respect, I'm giving it a 7.5/10 but I could have given it a 5. It's simply just a typical bland tower. ;)

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10. built without steel support; it's freestanding masonry that was built over 60 years thanks to donations; the construction was halted by the u.s. civil war and then finished (you can see the difference in the stone colors.) i think it would've looked better with a base, like in the original designs.

IMO, the simple design fits being in the middle of more elaborate structures (white house, congress, lincoln memorial, and the other nearby gothic and neo-classical buildings.)

a lot of detail work is on the inside with the donative stones. the park rangers said that some nights, there are special walking tours down the inside when you can see more of the interior details.

http://www.pbase.com/lsyd/image/90332182/original.jpg

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^ lol, there's a replica of the original Washington Monument (located in Bmore) inside the Washington Monument (DC)

Its sort of bland, yet pretty in a way

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/61/223436682_1ab8beb538_o.jpg

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Icon, symbol, but only 8/10.

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9. Very good. Regards.

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