Pentagon (building)

English: The Pentagon is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. It was dedicated on January 15, 1943 and it is the world's largest low-rise office building. Those who work within its walls often simply call it "The Building," "Fort Fumble," or the "Puzzle Palace." The term "the Pentagon" is often used to refer directly to the Department of Defense, rather than the building itself. The building is pentagon-shaped in plan and houses approximately 23,000 U.S. military and civilian employees and about 3,000 non-defense support personnel in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., the nation's capital. It has five floors above ground (and two basement levels) and each floor has five ring corridors.

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The Pentagon 

headquarters of the United States Department of Defense; named after the shape of the building, a polygon with five (greek: penta) sides
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Instance of	headquarters building of public administration office building tourist attraction groundscraper
Named after	pentagon
Made from material	concrete (Potomac River) Indiana limestone (façade)
Location	Arlington County, Virginia
Located in or next to body of water	Potomac River
Street address	1400 Defense Pentagon
Architectural style	Stripped Classicism
Architect	George Bergstrom
Main building contractor	John McShain
Owned by	United States Department of Defense
Occupant	United States Department of Defense
Heritage designation	National Historic Landmark (1992–) National Register of Historic Places listed place (C, A, B, Pentagon Office Building Complex, NRHP building, 1989–) Virginia Historic Landmark (1989–)
Service entry	April 1942
Inception	11 September 1941
Date of official opening	15 January 1943
Significant event	September 11 attacks Pentagon Renovation Program (4,500,000,000 United States dollar, 1994–2011)
Height	21.6 m
Capital cost	83,000,000 United States dollar
Different from	Pentagon
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38° 52′ 15″ N, 77° 03′ 18″ W
Authority file  Q11208 VIAF ID: 640144783176054589415 Library of Congress authority ID: sh88005246 Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13745033s BabelNet ID: 00061418n PLWABN ID: 9810666587105606 J9U ID: 987007288722105171 Structurae structure ID: 20002607 NRHP reference number: 89500932 OpenStreetMap relation ID: 89605 Reasonator Scholia Wikidocumentaries KML file WikiShootMe OpenStreetMap Search depicted

History

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  Pentagon under construction (July 1942)
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  Vietnam War protests at the Pentagon (October 1967)

Special events

The Pentagon often hosts special events at Rick James River Entrance, including welcoming foreign dignitaries and military ceremonies.

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  Ehud Barak, welcomed by Secretary of Defense William Cohen (1999)
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September 11, 2001 attacks

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  Damaged section of the Pentagon (October 2001)
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  NASCAR race driver Mike Wallace, on a guided tour of the Pentagon (November 2002)
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  Plaque listing USN members killed in the Pentagon on 9/11
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  Tribute lights for the Fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks
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  Tribute lights for the Fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks

Views of the Pentagon

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  Pentagon Reservation sign
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  The Pentagon, as viewed from S. Arlington Ridge Road
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  An overhead view of the Pentagon in 2008
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  Aerial photo

Satellite imagery

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  Satellite image, taken April 26, 2002. The reconstruction of the section damaged in the September 11 terrorist attacks is visible on the building's west (left) side; the diagonal line is a construction crane.
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  Corona

See also Category:Pentagonal architectural structures Category:Pentagonal buildings