United States Capitol crypt
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The United States Capitol crypt is the large circular room filled with forty neoclassical Doric columns directly beneath the United States Capitol rotunda. It was built originally to support the rotun
The United States Capitol crypt, image taken looking east
The crypt in 2007, looking southwest from south entrance.
Capitol crypt
Capitol crypt, c.1900.
Washington's Tomb is an empty burial chamber two stories directly below the rotunda of the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C. It was included in the original design of the building by
United States Capitol crypt
…Doric columns directly beneath the United States Capitol rotunda. It was built originally to support the rotunda as well as offer an entrance to Washington's Tomb. It currently serves as a museum and a repository for thirteen statues of the National Statuary Hall Collection. The crypt originated with the initial…
Washington's Tomb displaying the Lincoln catafalque, 2007
US Capitol rotunda outside