CAPITOLIO
Yeah we know,"an exact replica of the one in Washington but NOT !!!NOT !!
This building is so accesible to everyone from the sidewalk.It is huge yet never intrusive.The dome is remiscent of the Pantheon in Paris and the Italian Zanetti´s statue of the Republic are awesome.The marble floors,walls and courtyards with lush vegetation and Palladian friezes hint more of a Latin concoction,nothing Anglo-Saxon in the design really.
Exterior of Vermont granite(?) and cost over 20,000,000 USD to complete in 1929.Financed by Chase Manhattan Bank if I am not mistaken.
Supposed huge diamond under dome is real,I think it is like 25K. or something but I believe that the real diamond disappered a long time ago,that´s communism.