The United States Capitol features a dome situated above its rotunda. The dome is 288 feet (88 m) in height and 96 feet (29 m) in diameter. Designed by...
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The United States Capitol building features a central rotunda below the Capitol dome. Built between 1818 and 1824, the rotunda has been described as the...
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legislatures met (see Capitols of Kansas). The dome, at 304 ft (93 m), is taller than the 288 ft (88 m) United States Capitol dome, although its diameter...
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The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the...
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On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob of supporters of then-U.S. president Donald Trump, two...
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This is a list of state and territorial capitols in the United States, the building or complex of buildings from which the government of each U.S. state...
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Court Hearing Chamber in the capitol building. The state capitol complex is the only state capitol grounds in the United States with active oil rigs. Oklahoma's...
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Statue of Freedom (category United States Capitol statues)
has crowned the United States Capitol dome. Originally named Freedom Triumphant in War and Peace, a U.S. government publication now states that the statue...
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The United States Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) is a large underground addition to the United States Capitol complex which serves as a gathering point...
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Capitol Dome is a 6,120-foot-elevation (1,870 m) summit located in Capitol Reef National Park, in Wayne County, Utah, United States. This iconic landmark...
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tholobates: the United States Capitol dome in Washington, D.C. is set on a drum, a feature imitated in numerous American state capitols. The Panthéon in...
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the dome so that it better fit the proportions of the building. Hackney was the only architect who stayed on the project until the end. The capitol building...
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The Georgia State Capitol is an architecturally and historically significant building in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The building has been named a...
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Retrieved September 12, 2013. Architect of the Capitol. "The United States Capitol Dome". Architect of the Capitol. Retrieved January 27, 2011. Gehrke, Robert...
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August Schoenborn (category Architects of the United States Capitol)
1902) was a German American architect who helped design the United States Capitol dome. He was born in October 1827 in the town of Suhl, Germany, a major...
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United States Capitol Complex in Washington, D.C., consists of three underground electric people mover systems that connect the United States Capitol...
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floor design Tholos (Washington DC), the highest part of the United States Capitol dome, on which the Statue of Freedom stands Tholos tomb, or beehive...
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walkway between the foot of Capitol Avenue and the front steps of the Capitol. Because of its monumental dome, the State Capitol has served as a filming location...
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Interior Dirk Kempthorne had the American flag flown over the United States Capitol dome in his honor. By the 2010s his on-air manner was considerably...
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feature of the capitol grounds, with its dome 287 feet (87 m) high, making it the tallest self-supporting masonry dome in the United States, and fifth tallest...
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white-paneled and red-brimmed alternate caps: one in navy with the United States Capitol dome superimposed over a white block "W", and another in red with a...
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the dome (187 feet). The Capitol is located at the southwestern end of the Madison Isthmus. The streets surrounding the building form the Capitol Square...
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The United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., became the meeting place of the United States Congress when the building was initially completed in 1800...
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State Capitol is 302.64 feet (92.24 m) tall, making it the sixth-tallest state capitol and one of several taller than the United States Capitol in Washington...
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California Firefighters Memorial and El Soldado Monument. Interior of the Capitol Dome Office of the Governor of California Chamber of the California Assembly...
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current building is the sixth to serve as the capitol building since Illinois was admitted to the United States in 1818. Built in the architectural styles...
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the tallest domes in the world. The dome can be measured by various criteria. There are different types of domes. Many of the tallest domes have a lantern...
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19½-foot (5.9 m) tall allegorical statue that rests atop the United States Capitol dome. In addition to the human likenesses, a number of public and private...
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The United States Capitol crypt is the large circular room filled with forty neoclassical Doric columns directly beneath the United States Capitol rotunda...
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capitals and four purpose-built capitol buildings during its history since it was designated as a territory of the United States. The first was the territorial...
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