http://www.flickr.com/photos/r_catalano/tags/government/ Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:09:18 -0700 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:09:18 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm1.staticflickr.com/93/buddyicons/58948512@N00.jpg?1209226400#58948512@N00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/r_catalano/tags/government/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/r_catalano/281029496/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/r_catalano/">_Robert C_</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/r_catalano/281029496/" title="United States Capital"><img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/85/281029496_fa27033fc7_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="United States Capital" /></a></p> <p>The United States Capitol is the capitol building that serves as the location for the Congress of the United States, 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.<br /> <br /> The building, designed by William Thornton, is marked by its central dome above a rotunda and two wings, one for each chamber of Congress: the north wing is the Senate chamber and the south wing is the House of Representatives chamber. Above these chambers are galleries where people can watch the Senate and House of Representatives. It is an exemplar of the Neoclassical architecture style.</p> Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:09:18 -0700 2006-08-24T12:44:59-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (_Robert C_) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/281029496 38.890832 -77.010211 38.890832 -77.010211 2374725 United States Capital <p>The United States Capitol is the capitol building that serves as the location for the Congress of the United States, 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.<br /> <br /> The building, designed by William Thornton, is marked by its central dome above a rotunda and two wings, one for each chamber of Congress: the north wing is the Senate chamber and the south wing is the House of Representatives chamber. Above these chambers are galleries where people can watch the Senate and House of Representatives. It is an exemplar of the Neoclassical architecture style.</p> _Robert C_ d50 washingtondc democracy congress government senate unitedstatescapital wwwow robertcatalano