Place 2 of 4District of Columbia, USA
U.S. Capitol
The history
The seat of Congress since 1800, its great cast-iron dome finished during the Civil War as a deliberate sign the Union would endure.
In brief
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 federal government. It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Although no longer at the geographic center of the national capital, the U.S. Capitol forms the origin point for the street-numbering system of the district as well as its four quadrants. Like the principal buildings of the executive and judicial branches, the Capitol is built in a neoclassical style and has a white exterior.
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