Capitol. Part 2

Continuation. Part 1

Two major events contributed to Capitol's appealing appearance: completion of Parisian Pantheon in 1790

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...and Jefferson's disillusionment with local architecture talents, as otherwise in might have looked something like this:

Design for the U.S. Capitol, "An Elevation for a Capitol", by James Diamond, was one  of a dozen submitted for the 1792 contest. ( This one is under Wikimedia Commons )

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