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華盛頓特區 (Washington D.C.) 於1790716日成為美國首都

你知道美國的白宮、華盛頓紀念碑在哪裡嗎?沒錯,它們就位於美國首都。在1790年的716日,國會在華盛頓特區裡的華盛頓市是美國首都的永久所在地。你知道是誰設計了這個城市嗎?

喬治華盛頓總統授命法籍工程師皮爾查爾斯殷范提〈Pierre-Charles L'Enfant〉負責整個特區的規劃。他要怎麼讓美國新首都和其他城市有截然不同的面貌呢?


Where are the White House, the Capitol, and the Washington Monument? Just where they should be--in the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, Congress declared the city of Washington in the District of Columbia, the permanent capital of the United States. Who decided how the new city should look?

President George Washington commissioned French engineer Pierre-Charles L'Enfant to create a plan for the city. What did L'Enfant do to make the new capital different from other cities?

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