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Old Posted Mar 16, 2011, 2:01 AM
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Washington, D.C.

If there is a city resembling ancient Rome, it is Washington. The grand, monumental, gigantic marble palaces, left and right, please the visitor's eyes.
Very pleasant to visit. Fantastic, world-class museums and an unusual layout; all add to the appeal that capital city holds.



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Old Posted Mar 16, 2011, 2:05 AM
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best D.C photo thread on SSP! you really captured the spirit of the city. great job!
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Great shots! Haven't been to DC in awhile, your shots make me itching to return.
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Thank you very much for your comments. I wish had more pictures though, there are still a lot of exceedingly nice areas that I haven't covered here!
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if there is a city resembling ancient rome it is london. better yet, london in 1890. dc is not crowded and ancient enough.

great photos though.
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if there is a city resembling ancient rome it is london. better yet, london in 1890. dc is not crowded and ancient enough.

great photos though.
What buildings in London would you say resemble Ancient Rome?

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What buildings in London would you say resemble Ancient Rome?

Thanks.
Nice thread! I lived in DC between 1967 and March, 1988. Most of those "Roman" buildings are either stone or concrete, though, not marble.

My favorite DC neighborhoods were Dupont Circle, Kalorama, and Embassy Row. They had an almost Parisian feel to them.
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Thanks! Yes, not all are marble, that was actually a reference for the Supreme Court building, which is probably my favorite in Washington. Regardless, I don't believe there's a city that has so many architectural references on such a grand scale to the Greco-Roman legacy, which, of course, was intentional.
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What buildings in London would you say resemble Ancient Rome?

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it's not so much the buildings as the overall spectacle of the various grand marble edfices looming over the narrow, winding, crowded streets.

rome wasn't orderly.



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I see, you're talking about the people factor... I was merely noting the architectural Greco-Roman references that many huge federal buildings in Washington exhibit. I've been to London and can't say that I saw many such buildings, the late 18th and early to mid 19th century buildings seem to dominate there. Though one would be correct in pointing out that this is precisely when Neoclassicism was born, there aren't that many distinct examples on grand scale that would match Washington's.
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Thanks! Yes, not all are marble, that was actually a reference for the Supreme Court building, which is probably my favorite in Washington. Regardless, I don't believe there's a city that has so many architectural references on such a grand scale to the Greco-Roman legacy, which, of course, was intentional.
No doubt about that.
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DC is so freakin amazing and to think Ive never been. Along with NYC, DC is probably the second most healthy urban center in America.
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Must get back there one of these days...

This is unreal!

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Bravo! Beautiful photos of a beautiful city!!
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Beautiful thread. Thanks!
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kool maudit, rome wasnt orderly? what part of roman history did you study. greek cities were known not to have been orderly, but roman. lmfao, re-read roman history, roman cities were so orderly they were dublicated across the roman empire.
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by the way i love this particular building.

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Old Posted Mar 17, 2011, 3:50 AM
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Thanks again for the comments.

Very nice building indeed. These buildings in D.C. give off the vibe that they're there to last thousands of years (though they won't, in all likelihood).
And to think that I didn't even capture all of the monumental buildings in the city, in this photo thread, there are more. Of course Washington isn't just these federal buildings, the mansions and rowhouses are quite impressive as well, in other parts of the city.
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