Which European cities influenced Daniel Burnham’s plan for Washington, D.C.?

Daniel Burnham’s 1902 McMillan Plan for Washington, D.C., was developed under his leadership as part of the Senate Park Commission. To re-envision the national capital as a grand, ordered city that reflected America's status as an emerging world power, the team drew inspiration from precedents in Paris and especially Rome.1

These European influences were central to the City Beautiful movement, which sought to establish visible ties to Classical traditions through the use of Beaux-Arts aesthetics, characterized by balance, axiality, and symmetry.21