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EN ESTE TEMPLO
COMO EN LOS CORAZONES DE LA GENTE
POR QUIEN SALVÓ LA UNIÓN
LA MEMORIA DE ABRAHAM LINCOLN
SE CONSAGRA PARA SIEMPRE
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IN THIS TEMPLE,
AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE
FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION,
THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
IS ENSRINED FOREVER.
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es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monumento_a_Lincoln
El Monumento a Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial en inglés), situado en uno de los extremos horizontales del National Mall de Washington D. C., Estados Unidos, es un monumento conmemorativo creado para honrar la memoria del presidente Abraham Lincoln. El edificio tiene forma de templo griego dórico, y tiene una gran escultura de Abraham Lincoln sentado e inscripciones de dos conocidos discursos de Lincoln. En este monumento han tenido lugar muchos discursos importantes, incluyendo el de Martin Luther King "Yo tengo un sueño", que fue pronunciado el 28 de agosto de 1963 durante la manifestación al final de la Marcha en Washington por el Trabajo y la Libertad.
Al igual que otros monumentos del National Mall, incluyendo el cercano Monumento a los Veteranos del Vietnam, el Monumento a los Veteranos de la Guerra de Corea y el Monumento Nacional a la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el monumento a Lincoln está administrado por el Servicio Nacional de Parques de Estados Unidos bajo el grupo Parques del National Mall y Monumentos. El Monumento a Lincoln se unió a la lista del Registro Nacional de Sitios Históricos el 15 de octubre de 1966. Está abierto al público desde las 8 de la mañana hasta medianoche todo el año, salvo el día 25 de diciembre.
Estatua
La parte principal del monumento es la escultura de Lincoln sentado hecha por Daniel Chester French. French estudió muchas de las fotos que Mathew Brady hizo a Lincoln, y mostró al presidente de forma pensativa, mirando al este hacia la Piscina Reflectante y al Monumento a Washington. Una de sus manos está cerrada, mientras que la otra está abierta. Debajo de ellas, las fasces romanas, símbolos de la autoridad de la República, están esculpidas en el relieve del asiento. La estatua se levanta a 6 metros de altura y tiene 6 metros de anchura. Fue moldeada por los hermanos Piccirilli de Nueva York en su estudio del Bronx a partir de 28 bloques de mármol. La sala principal está flanqueada por otras dos salas. En una, el Discurso de Gettysburg está grabado en la pared sur, y en la otra, el segundo discurso innaugural de Lincoln está inscrito en la pared norte. Por encima de estos discursos hay una serie de murales pintados por Jules Guérin y muestran un ángel, que representa la verdad, liberando a un esclavo (en la pared sur, encima del Discurso de Gettysburg), y la unidad del Norte y el Sur (encima del segundo discurso inaugural). En la pared detrás de la estatua, tras la cabeza, se encuentra esta dedicatoria:
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial is an American national monument built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument. The architect was Henry Bacon; the designer of the primary statue – Abraham Lincoln, 1920 – was Daniel Chester French; the Lincoln statue was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers;[2] and the painter of the interior murals was Jules Guerin. Dedicated in 1922, it is one of several monuments built to honor an American president. It has always been a major tourist attraction and since the 1930s has been a symbolic center focused on race relations.
The building is in the form of a Greek Doric temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known speeches by Lincoln, "The Gettysburg Address" and his Second Inaugural Address. The memorial has been the site of many famous speeches, including Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on August 28, 1963, during the rally at the end of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Like other monuments on the National Mall – including the nearby Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, and National World War II Memorial – the memorial is administered by the National Park Service under its National Mall and Memorial Parks group. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 15, 1966. It is open to the public 24 hours a day. In 2007, it was ranked seventh on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects. Since 2010, approximately 6 million people visit the memorial annually.
Statue
Lying between the north and south chambers is the central hall containing the solitary figure of Lincoln sitting in contemplation. The statue was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers under the supervision of the sculptor, Daniel Chester French, and took four years to complete. The statue, originally intended to be only 10 feet (3.0 m) tall, was, on further consideration, enlarged so that it finally stood 19 feet (5.8 m) tall from head to foot, the scale being such that if Lincoln were standing, he would be 28 feet (8.5 m) tall. The extreme width of the statue is the same as its height. The Georgia white marble sculpture weighs 175 short tons (159 t) and had to be shipped in 28 separate pieces.[17]
The statue rests upon an oblong pedestal of Tennessee marble 10 feet (3.0 m) high, 16 feet (4.9 m) wide, and 17 feet (5.2 m) deep. Directly beneath this lies a platform of Tennessee marble about 34.5 feet (10.5 m) long, 28 feet (8.5 m) wide, and 6.5 inches (0.17 m) high. Lincoln's arms rest on representations of Roman fasces, a subtle touch that associates the statue with the Augustan (and imperial) theme (obelisk and funerary monuments) of the Washington Mall.[18] The statue is discretely bordered by two pilasters, one on each side. Between these pilasters and above Lincoln's head stands the engraved epitaph,[17] composed by Royal Cortissoz, shown in the adjacent box.[19]
Washington.- Lincoln Memorial - Abraham Lincoln
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EN ESTE TEMPLO
COMO EN LOS CORAZONES DE LA GENTE
POR QUIEN SALVÓ LA UNIÓN
LA MEMORIA DE ABRAHAM LINCOLN
SE CONSAGRA PARA SIEMPRE
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IN THIS TEMPLE,
AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE
FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION,
THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
IS ENSRINED FOREVER.
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es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monumento_a_Lincoln
El Monumento a Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial en inglés), situado en uno de los extremos horizontales del National Mall de Washington D. C., Estados Unidos, es un monumento conmemorativo creado para honrar la memoria del presidente Abraham Lincoln. El edificio tiene forma de templo griego dórico, y tiene una gran escultura de Abraham Lincoln sentado e inscripciones de dos conocidos discursos de Lincoln. En este monumento han tenido lugar muchos discursos importantes, incluyendo el de Martin Luther King "Yo tengo un sueño", que fue pronunciado el 28 de agosto de 1963 durante la manifestación al final de la Marcha en Washington por el Trabajo y la Libertad.
Al igual que otros monumentos del National Mall, incluyendo el cercano Monumento a los Veteranos del Vietnam, el Monumento a los Veteranos de la Guerra de Corea y el Monumento Nacional a la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el monumento a Lincoln está administrado por el Servicio Nacional de Parques de Estados Unidos bajo el grupo Parques del National Mall y Monumentos. El Monumento a Lincoln se unió a la lista del Registro Nacional de Sitios Históricos el 15 de octubre de 1966. Está abierto al público desde las 8 de la mañana hasta medianoche todo el año, salvo el día 25 de diciembre.
Estatua
La parte principal del monumento es la escultura de Lincoln sentado hecha por Daniel Chester French. French estudió muchas de las fotos que Mathew Brady hizo a Lincoln, y mostró al presidente de forma pensativa, mirando al este hacia la Piscina Reflectante y al Monumento a Washington. Una de sus manos está cerrada, mientras que la otra está abierta. Debajo de ellas, las fasces romanas, símbolos de la autoridad de la República, están esculpidas en el relieve del asiento. La estatua se levanta a 6 metros de altura y tiene 6 metros de anchura. Fue moldeada por los hermanos Piccirilli de Nueva York en su estudio del Bronx a partir de 28 bloques de mármol. La sala principal está flanqueada por otras dos salas. En una, el Discurso de Gettysburg está grabado en la pared sur, y en la otra, el segundo discurso innaugural de Lincoln está inscrito en la pared norte. Por encima de estos discursos hay una serie de murales pintados por Jules Guérin y muestran un ángel, que representa la verdad, liberando a un esclavo (en la pared sur, encima del Discurso de Gettysburg), y la unidad del Norte y el Sur (encima del segundo discurso inaugural). En la pared detrás de la estatua, tras la cabeza, se encuentra esta dedicatoria:
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial is an American national monument built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument. The architect was Henry Bacon; the designer of the primary statue – Abraham Lincoln, 1920 – was Daniel Chester French; the Lincoln statue was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers;[2] and the painter of the interior murals was Jules Guerin. Dedicated in 1922, it is one of several monuments built to honor an American president. It has always been a major tourist attraction and since the 1930s has been a symbolic center focused on race relations.
The building is in the form of a Greek Doric temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known speeches by Lincoln, "The Gettysburg Address" and his Second Inaugural Address. The memorial has been the site of many famous speeches, including Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on August 28, 1963, during the rally at the end of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Like other monuments on the National Mall – including the nearby Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, and National World War II Memorial – the memorial is administered by the National Park Service under its National Mall and Memorial Parks group. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 15, 1966. It is open to the public 24 hours a day. In 2007, it was ranked seventh on the List of America's Favorite Architecture by the American Institute of Architects. Since 2010, approximately 6 million people visit the memorial annually.
Statue
Lying between the north and south chambers is the central hall containing the solitary figure of Lincoln sitting in contemplation. The statue was carved by the Piccirilli Brothers under the supervision of the sculptor, Daniel Chester French, and took four years to complete. The statue, originally intended to be only 10 feet (3.0 m) tall, was, on further consideration, enlarged so that it finally stood 19 feet (5.8 m) tall from head to foot, the scale being such that if Lincoln were standing, he would be 28 feet (8.5 m) tall. The extreme width of the statue is the same as its height. The Georgia white marble sculpture weighs 175 short tons (159 t) and had to be shipped in 28 separate pieces.[17]
The statue rests upon an oblong pedestal of Tennessee marble 10 feet (3.0 m) high, 16 feet (4.9 m) wide, and 17 feet (5.2 m) deep. Directly beneath this lies a platform of Tennessee marble about 34.5 feet (10.5 m) long, 28 feet (8.5 m) wide, and 6.5 inches (0.17 m) high. Lincoln's arms rest on representations of Roman fasces, a subtle touch that associates the statue with the Augustan (and imperial) theme (obelisk and funerary monuments) of the Washington Mall.[18] The statue is discretely bordered by two pilasters, one on each side. Between these pilasters and above Lincoln's head stands the engraved epitaph,[17] composed by Royal Cortissoz, shown in the adjacent box.[19]