Mount St Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery, Washington DC
This monastery is an odd one.
This monastery is an odd one. Its founders, in the late nineteenth century, set out to create a Holy Land in America, and commissioned the construction of replicas of overseas holy sites, including the Roman Catacombs, The Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, the Grotto of the Nativity, and other assorted reproductions of sites in Jerusalem, Rome, etc. And the grounds beyond those copies are beautiful as well.
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About Mount St Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery
1400 Quincy St NE, Washington, DC 20017, USA
+1 202-526-6800
Mount St Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery and Nearby Sights on Map
National Shrine
This massive, stunning Catholic Basilica is not only the perfect place for any American Catholic to make a pilgrimage; people of any faith will be in awe when they see the sheer size of this church
President Lincoln's Cottage
President Lincoln and his family summered here from 1862-1864 to escape the awful climate (physical and political) of the White House
Gallaudet University
Gallaudet is the nation's and the world's first university for the deaf, and remains the world's only university where all classes and services are tailored to the needs of the hearing-impaired
Rock Creek Cemetery
This is no Congressional Cemetery, no Arlington Cemetery
National Arboretum
This is the biggest hidden gem of the city (quite literally)
Blair House
The Blair House was built in 1824 for Surgeon General Dr
Art & Media House
Columbia Height's Latin American Youth Center's colorful house is dedicated to teaching and encouraging art in the community, and they keep a small art gallery showing exhibits of works by local youths
Stoddard Baptist Home
Mount Pleasant's residential streets are filled with beautiful old single-family homes and rowhouses, and several old estates
Congressional Cemetery
All sorts of notables from American history found their final resting place here, from composer John Sousa to FBI founder J
D.C. War Memorial
The Mall's only local memorial, and the only memorial to WWI, is this small structure in the form of a Doric-style open-air temple serving as tribute to the 26,000 Washingtonians who served in the Great War