Hi, welcome to watchmojo.com, I'm your host Christine. Today, we'll be taking a brief look at the most
prominent landmark in Washington
, the Washington Monument.
The Washington Monument is
as well as the oldest
in Washington DC. It was
in honor of
who
led the country to
and then
its first
. The monument
is shaped like an Egyptian obelisk,
and
-
and
averages to
in
.
The monument is
among the tallest
masonry , it was designed by Robert Mills, a
American
of the 1840s. The
actual of the monument began in
-
, but was not completed until
-
,
almost years after the architect's
death.
At the time of
construction, it was
in the world. It is
still the tallest building in Washington DC.