rotunda

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Go the Capitol rotunda and look up at the dome, where Constantino Brumidi’s fresco The Apotheosis of Washington, painted during the Civil War, shows Washington in heaven, flanked by goddesses.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

He turns and gives her a smile after delivering that line inside the Capitol rotunda.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

And it incinerated his white-and-green stable with its stately central rotunda.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025

Built in 1939 as the Floral Hall, the Ocean Room is a distinctive rotunda building, and for the past 50 years has operated as a night club and function venue.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

Kyle and his team went into the cafe, where they found Haley Daley seated at a table, eating half a grapefruit and staring blankly through the glass walls into the rotunda.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein