Caput Mundi - Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

The capital of the United States of America and the seat of the U.S. federal government, Washington, D.C. holds the headquarters of important world organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Organization of American States. The signing of the North Atlantic Treaty took place in Washington;, establishing NATO which took part in the Cold War, and by its end Washington was dubbed by the Washington Post as the capital of the world.