United States Capitol rotunda | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-04

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United States Capitol rotunda


00:01:14 1 Design and construction
00:03:11 2 The Crypt
00:03:42 2.1 Renovation
00:04:39 3 Historical paintings
00:05:43 3.1 iApotheosis of Washington/i
00:06:17 3.2 iFrieze of American History/i
00:07:41 4 Statues
00:07:50 4.1 From the Statuary Hall Collection
00:08:51 4.2 George Washington
00:09:29 4.3 James Garfield
00:09:55 4.4 Bust of Martin Luther King, Jr.
00:11:19 4.5 Women's suffrage
00:13:13 4.6 Other statuary and artifacts
00:14:06 5 Lying in State and Honor
00:14:36 5.1 Lain in state
00:14:49 5.2 Lain in honor



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The United States Capitol rotunda is the central rotunda (built 1818–1824) of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.. Located below the Capitol dome (built 1857–1866), the later construction also extended the height of rotunda walls, it is the tallest part of the Capitol and has been described as its "symbolic and physical heart."
The rotunda is connected by corridors leading south to the House of Representatives and north, to the Senate chambers. To the immediate south of the rotunda is the semi-circular National Statuary Hall, which until 1857 was the House of Representatives chamber. To the northeast of the rotunda is the Old Senate Chamber, used by the Senate until 1859 and by the Supreme Court of the United States until 1935.
The rotunda is 96 feet (29 m) in diameter and rises 48 feet (15 m) to the top of its original walls and 180 feet 3 inches (54.94 m) to the canopy of the dome, and is visited by thousands of people each day. It is also used for ceremonial events authorized by concurrent resolution, including the lying in state of honored people.