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The European Union's Delegation in Washington, D.C., represents and promotes the interests and values of the European Union in the United States. This includes presenting and explaining EU policies and actions to the different branches and levels of the U.S. Administration, Congress, and across the country, as well as promoting EU-U.S. cooperation in all fields.
Within this program, the EU embassies still open on a separate day, labelled EU Open House. A separate program, the Embassy Series, started in 1994 and coordinates concerts organized in the embassy buildings. [5] Embassy Row is protected as the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District, created in 1974 following controversy about the demolition of ...
Embassy Building No. 10 is a historic building located at 3149 16th Street NW Washington, D.C., in the Columbia Heights neighborhood. Although as the name implies it was built to be a foreign mission, it was never in fact used as such; instead, it served as the central office of the District's municipal parks department for nearly seventy years.
The member states of the European Union are aligned in their foreign policy on many issues. The EU is the world's largest economic union, customs union and donor of humanitarian and development assistance and thus has an extensive network of delegations around the world mainly operating in the framework of External Relations, for which the European Commission is the main decision body.
By the late 1890s, speculative housing was constructed in the interior of the neighborhood, along S Street, Wyoming Avenue, Leroy Place, and Bancroft Place. Examples include stand-alone houses on Wyoming Avenue, California Street, and Kalorama Road, built in 1892. One of these houses is now the Embassy of North Macedonia. [6]
The current cathedral, largely restored in the mid-1800s, is open for self-guided tours every day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with mass held at 12:05 p.m. DepositPhotos.com 3.
Embassy Row [18] Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2109 E Street NW Foggy Bottom [19] Botswana: 1531-3 New Hampshire Avenue NW Dupont Circle [20] Brazil: 3006 Massachusetts Avenue NW Embassy Row [21] Brunei: 3520 International Court NW North Cleveland Park [22] Bulgaria: 1621 22nd Street NW Embassy Row [23] Burkina Faso: 2340 Massachusetts Avenue NW ...
National Historic Landmarks are normally listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Washington is home to three specifically legislated exceptions to this rule: the White House, the United States Capitol, and the United States Supreme Court Building. All are designated landmarks, but are not on the National Register.