Famed for its interior artistic decorations. Dedicated 1906.
Harrisburg, PA.
From the Wikipedia article:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Capitol
(The entire entry is worth a read--a number of entertaining stories
connected with the construction of this building and its complex.)
"The Pennsylvania State Capitol houses the chambers for the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, the Pennsylvania Senate, and
the Harrisburg chambers for the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The
Capitol contains 475 rooms and has four floors, not including a
mezzanine between the first and second floors, and a basement. The
bronze entrance doors of the capitol lead into the rotunda on the
first floor with the grand staircase in the center. The staircase in
the rotunda is an imperial staircase, similar to the one in the Palais
Garnier in Paris, France. The staircase leads to the mezzanine between
the first and second floors, before dividing into two staircases
leading to the second floor. Edwin Austin Abbey painted four
allegorical medallions around the base of the capitol dome, detailing
the "four forces of civilization": Art, Justice, Science,
and Religion. Four lunette murals were also painted by Abbey and
"symbolize Pennsylvania's spiritual and industrial contributions
to modern civilization". The lunettes are situated in the
recesses of each arch in the rotunda. The rotunda is paved with tiles,
hand-crafted by Henry Chapman Mercer, from the Moravian Pottery and
Tile Works. Mercer produced 1,600 square feet (150 m2) of tile, which
includes "377 mosaics, representing 254 scenes, artifacts,
animals, birds, fish, insects, industries and workers from
Pennsylvania history".
ariel is . . .trying to catch up, SaraBClever, Onasill ~ Visiting ~ Will Return Comments Soon., Michael Huft, and Family_of_35 and growing! added this photo to their favorites.
View 8 more comments
Onasill ~ Visiting ~ Will Return Comments Soon. 11 months ago | reply
[
hans s 11 months ago | reply
what a nice collage! have a good sunday
Michael Huft 11 months ago | reply
A really wonderful collage (and the individual photos are each superb as well). Very well done!!
myvalleylil1 11 months ago | reply
Un collage vraiment réussi, très agréable à regarder!