John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Eng. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center ) is the largest cultural center in Washington, DC. It is named after John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, named.

The Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater includes 1,100 seats, the Opera House with 2,200 seats, a concert hall with 2,750 seats and a cinema, the American Film Institute, will be demonstrated in the famous old movies, and other, smaller theater. In the foyer there is a created by Robert Berks bust of President Kennedy. In the Hall of States on the flags of U.S. states hang in the Hall of Nations, the flags of all the nations of the earth, with which the United States maintains diplomatic relations. In the attic several restaurants are located, which are not only theater visitors. Outside the Kennedy Center, there are opposite the main entrance of a stone frieze - a gift from the Federal Republic of Germany for the opening of the Kennedy Center in 1971, the Opera House at the Kennedy Center is home to the Washington National Opera. .