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What is on top of the dome of the Capitol building in Washington D.C.? |
Travel Info Is it a statue,flagpole or a cupala? Travel Tips The dome, completed in December 1863, is topped off with a 19-foot classical bronze statue of a woman called "Freedom." This is a wonderful article about the Capitol building, with some great old photos of it in various stages of building: http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/feat... Others It's a statue. Most people mistake it for a statue of an Indian because of the elaborate headdress. Actually the sculptor put a lot of things on the poor guy's head to symbolize all sorts of stuff. Statue (Statue of Freedom) - the flagpoles are at the base of the dome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/statue_of_f... Pigeons. |
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