PENTAGON, Pentagon

Hello, my name’s Rick, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world: the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.

The enormous complex is not located in Washington, although only the Potomac River separates it from the center of the city, but rather is in Arlington County, in Virginia, as this was the only place found with enough space.

It was designed by the American architect George Bergstrom as an immense fort and is made up of five large, concentric “rings” that form five immense pentagonal walls, which are separated by a courtyard.

In addition to the five sides, the building has five floors above the ground and at least two basement levels and five corridors on each floor. The Pentagon surrounds a plaza of five acres, or 20,000 square meters....