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[ Here, sir, the people govern ]
Alexander Hamilton
The United States Capitol Building Today
The U.S. Capitol Building continues to be the working heart
of the nations government and the 435 Representatives
and 100 Senators still sit in the two houses of Congress
within the building. Here they debate legislation, hold
hearings and conduct investigations as the voice of the
American people.
But the U.S. Capitol Building is also an attraction in its own
right and houses some of the nation’s greatest art treasures.
The heart of the Capitol is the rotunda, a 96 ft. (29 m)
diameter circular hall crowned by an inner dome. Visible
through the eye of the dome, 180 ft. (55 m) above the floor
is a massive fresco painted by Italian artist Constantino
Brumidi. The 4,664 sq. ft. (433 m
2
) mural, entitled The
Apotheosis of George Washington, consists of a portrait of
the nations first president rising to the heavens. Brumidi
also designed the frieze at the top of the walls below the
rotunda depicting famous events and people in American
history. Eleven statues currently encircle the rotunda and
include former U.S. Presidents such as George Washington,
Abraham Lincoln and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
To accommodate the ever-increasing number of visitors
to the U.S. Capitol Building, a new Visitor Center was
opened in 2008. At nearly 580,000 sq. ft. (54,000 m
2
),
the Visitor Center was the largest project in the Capitol’s
more than two-century history and is approximately three
quarters the size of the Capitol itself. The entire facility is
located underground on the east side of the Capitol so as
not to detract from the building’s appearance.
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