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
Flames also tore through Rogers’ white-and-green horse stable, which had an elegant central rotunda.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
It was the coldest inauguration day in 45 years, meaning that the planned outdoor ceremony had to be scrapped and moved inside of the Capitol’s rotunda, which holds considerably fewer people.
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025
As before, the scythes greeted one another in the grand rotunda, waiting for the assembly room doors to open.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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