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Potomac bluestone is a metamorphic rock that has been used extensively in the construction of the District of Columbia. It was used as the foundation of the White House, U.S. Capitol, and Washington Monument. Many old houses in the Northwest quadrant, notably the Old Stone House, are constructed out of the rock. 2014.
38.90557°N 77.039029°W. / 38.90557; -77.039029. Public transit access. Farragut North. Website. www .nmcal .org. The National Museum of Catholic Art and History is a museum in Washington, D.C., focusing on Catholic art. It was formerly located in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. [ 1] It was founded by Christina Cox in 1995.
Catholic art is art produced by or for members of the Catholic Church. This includes visual art ( iconography ), sculpture, decorative arts, applied arts, and architecture. In a broader sense, Catholic music and other art may be included as well. Expressions of art may or may not attempt to illustrate, supplement and portray in tangible form ...
Mary has been one of the major subjects of Western art for centuries. There is an enormous quantity of Marian art in the Catholic Church, covering both devotional subjects such as the Virgin and Child and a range of narrative subjects from the Life of the Virgin, often arranged in cycles. Most medieval painters, and from the Reformation to ...
Black Catholicism. St. Augustine Catholic Church (originally St Martin de Porres Catholic Church) is a Catholic parish in Washington, D.C. It is considered by many to be the " Mother Church of Black Catholics ", as the first Black parish in the district and the administrator of DC's oldest surviving Black school.
St. Dominic Catholic Church. / 38.882972°N 77.020667°W / 38.882972; -77.020667. St. Dominic Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church, established in 1852. [1] It is located in Southwest Washington, D.C., in the Archdiocese of Washington, and is administered by the Order of Preachers, more commonly known as the Dominicans, in ...
The Lincoln Memorial statue, with inscription in background. The 170-ton statue is composed of 28 blocks of white Georgia marble [1] [vague] and rises 30 feet (9.1 m) from the floor, including the 19-foot (5.8 m) seated figure (with armchair and footrest) upon an 11-foot (3.4 m) high pedestal.
Founded. 1794 [1] Founder (s) Anthony Caffry. Administration. Archdiocese. Washington. St Patrick's Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America. Established in 1794, [2] it is the oldest Catholic parish in the city of Washington.