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For other uses, see Capitol Hill (disambiguation).
The United States Capitol is the capitol building that serves as the location for the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. It is located in Washington, D.C., on top of Capitol Hill at the east end of the National Mall. Although not in the geographic center of the District of Columbia, the Capitol is the focus by which the quadrants of the district are divided.
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How to say "United States Capitol" in other languages:
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(Japanese) | アメリカ合衆国議会議事堂 |
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(German) | Kapitol (Washington) |
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(Spanish) | Capitolio de los Estados Unidos |
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(French) | Capitole des États-Unis d'Amérique |
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See also: 1810 in architecture, other events of 1811, 1812 in architecture and the architecture timeline. Buildings The United States Capitol, designed by Benjamin Latrobe is completed. John Nash prepares his plan of the Regent Street and Regents Park areas of London. Births George Gilbert...
Under the portico of the Pantheon A portico is a porch or walkway with a roof supported by columns, often leading to the entrance of a building. Some famous examples of porticos are the East Portico of the United States Capitol, and the portico adorning the Pantheon in Rome...
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States Capitol See also: Capitol Records Homonym: "capital", the town which houses the capitol...A Capitol is a building that houses the administration of certain governments. The word derives from the Capitoline Hill in Rome, seat of the government of the Roman Republic. Capitol (TV series) was...
Thomas Crawford (March 22, 1813/14 – October 10, 1857) was a sculptor who was born in New York. He went to Rome to study sculpture in 1835 and made that city his home, visiting America only rarely. His major accomplishments include the figure above the dome of the United States Capitol entitled...
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arriving at the United States Capitol in order to take the oath of office for President of the United States. Both were produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company, under the direction of Thomas Edison, and in 2000 the United States Library of Congress deemed the two "culturally significant" and...
United States Capitol The Architect of the Capitol is responsible to the United States Congress for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol..., the United States Supreme Court building, the United States Botanic Garden, the Capitol Power...
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