Washington: Audio Guided Walking Tour (3:20 - 18 audio commentaries)

From here, you have a great view of the Lincoln Memorial, dedicated to the 16th President of the United States. It is at the end of what is called the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the largest reflecting pool in Washington DC.

Here you are in front of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It is in the form of a long black wall that runs along an alley in Constitution Gardens.

It is in honor of the 16th President of the United States that this imposing monument was built in 1922. Does Abraham Lincoln mean anything to you? He was the one who abolished slavery!

Inaugurated in 1995 by American President Bill Clinton and South Korean President Kim Young Sam, this memorial is a tribute to the men and women who fought during the Korean War, which took place from 1950 to 1953.

This memorial is a bit particular, as it is the only one that honors not an event or a person, but only the residents of the District of Columbia, those who served during the First World War.

Aaah, Martin Luther King... This is a name that leaves no one indifferent. We see it, here, carved in stone as it remains engraved in our memories. Martin Luther King is THE leader of the fight for civil rights in the United States.

Here is a tribute to the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who led the country from 1933 to 1945. He is a president who left his mark on the country, because he governed during much of the Great Depression that began in 1929, and during the Second World War.

The large body of water in front of you is called the Tidal Basin. It is an artificial pond, which was created in the 1880s.

Another president is being honored thanks to this memorial, which takes us straight back to the American Revolution. It was in 1943 that the Jefferson Memorial was completed to pay tribute to the 3rd President of the United States, some of whose quotations are written on the walls.

On your right is the Holocaust Memorial Museum. The main entrance is on the other side of the building. Opened in 1993, it was designed by architect James Ingo Freed and features documents and research on the Holocaust, as well as objects and collections from this dark period.

Here you have one of the many symbols of the city: the Washington Monument. It refers to George Washington, in honor of whom it was built.

Inaugurated in 1988, this small garden, which consists of plots of plants and two fountains, symbolizes the relationship between Germany and the United States and commemorates the 300 years of German immigration to America.

The imposing building that is located here is the headquarters of the United States Department of the Treasury, which is responsible for ensuring the financial security of the country, manufacturing coins and banknotes, reporting the financial state of the government to the president, and ensuring economic prosperity.

There it is...! The most famous house in the world is revealed to you, imposing and brilliant behind its fence that will not allow you to go any further. Get ready, there is a lot to say about the one that is used as the residence of the President of the United States!

Lafayette Square was once part of the presidential park. It was separated from the White House in 1804 by President Thomas Jefferson, who built the road between the park and the building.

Built between 1871 and 1888, this elegant building, which reveals a French Second Empire style, was built to house the departments of State, War and Navy. Its architecture is a very beautiful masterpiece of the time.

It was in 1976, at the request of President Ronald Reagan, that this park was built.

It is another memorial that you have here: Washington being the capital of the United States, Washington is the capital of the United States, and it has more than a hundred memorials spread around the city, which pay tribute both to the country's history, but also to great American and international figures.