Washington

Washington, DC became the capital of the USA in 1800. It covers an area of around 110 square kilometers and nowadays has about the same population as Bratislava.
There are many federal building, including the FBI and Pentagon. Washington is very popular tourist place. Almost twenty million visitors come here each year.
Washington offers a lot of galleries and museums. The most renowned is the Smithsonian Institution. There is the US’s national collection of everything on the Earth. The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. There are over 100 million books.
In my opinion the most famous building in Washington is the White House. It is the official residence of the U.S. presidents. It includes the Executive Residence, the West Wing and the East Wing. The famous Oval Office is located in the West Wing. Few people know that small parts of the house are built from white stone, which is found on the Croatian island. Nowadays the first African-American president Barack Abama with his family lives there. The White House is amazing, because it is the only residence of a head of state in the world that is open the public, free of charge. Visitors can see all 132 rooms.