… From Washington…Under the federal system, each state had to be sensitive about the location of the central government, but as a compromise between the North and South, the Congress decided in 1890 to locate the site on the banks of the Potomac River, roughly in the center of the North and South. The following year, President Washington himself designated a 10-mile square district, received land from Maryland and Virginia, and a city plan was created under the French engineer Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant. Washington was the first modern capital city to be built based on a city plan. … *Some of the terminology that refers to "L'Enfant, PC" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
… 【ワシントン】より…連邦制の下で中央政府の所在地については,各州はいずれも敏感たらざるをえなかったが,南北の妥協により,90年連邦議会は南北のほぼ中央南部寄りの,ポトマック河畔の一画とすることを定めた。翌年ワシントン大統領自身が10マイル平方の地区を指定し,メリーランド,バージニア両州より土地を譲り受け,フランス人技師ランファンPierre Charles L’Enfant少佐の下で都市計画がつくられた。ワシントンは都市計画に基づいてつくられた近代最初の首都である。… ※「L'Enfant,P.C.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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