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The Capitol rotunda is the large round section in the center of the Capitol building, below the dome. It connects the House and Senate sides of the Capitol.
A panorama of 19 scenes from American history are painted below the 36 windows of the rotunda. Among many others, there are scenes depicting Columbus' landing in the New World, Pocahontas saving Capt. John Smith, Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock, the Battle of Lexington and the reading of the Declaration of Independence. Several sculptures stand in the rotunda, some of political figures such as George Washington and Dwight Eisenhower, others of civil rights giants such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and others of American activists, such as a group sculpture of suffragists. Politicians who have lain in state in the Capitol rotunda include Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Edward Everett Dirksen and J. Edgar Hoover. Rosa Parks is one of others who have lain in honor in the rotunda.
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What do the six seals of Rotunda in the capitol building of Texas mean?
the six seals are the six different places that Texas been rule by
What is the space under the capitols dome called?
A rotunda. Most atate capitals have a rotunda, but not all. One even has a dome, but no rotunda, because the dome is "false" and is not open to the building interior. A rotunda may also be any round room, such as the oval office of the White House.
What is a domed hall called?
A domed hall is a rotunda.
What style of art influenced the design of the US Capitol?
neoclassicism and its influence are evident in the united states capitol.
Where was the capitol of the Confederate States during the Civil War?
The Capitol of the Confederate States of America was in Richmond, Virgina
