In DC, there are a lot of famous buildings, for instance, the Capital. It houses the House of Representatives and the Senate. Almost everyone in America knows what it is at first sight. The building is really big, white, and has lots of columns and a big dome with a statue on top. When we were in DC, it was a must see. So we saw it.
While we walked, we looked at what the American architects stole from other cultures. I noticed that it had Greek columns with capitals which were Doric design. They used a lot of marble for the construction which the Greeks and Romans used in there buildings. But the dome looked like it was Italian because it looked like the dome at Saint Peters Cathedral in Italy. It had a statue on top and at the base, it had columns and windows. There was a really nice bronze statue at the top of the dome which I wanted to see but it was too high up. My favorite part of seeing the building was looking at the building from a ways away, looking at it from far away makes the Capital look really big and intimidating.
I think that the architect for the Capital focused the design of the building on the Greeks because it was the building where democracy is " practiced". Since the Greeks started democracy, it only makes sense to copy them.
The only thing that I wish that we could have gone to the top of the dome because it must be a pretty nice view. I have never been up there.
My favorite part of the day was walking through the park and looking at all the really famous buildings, especially the Capital Building because it looked very prominent and a lot of important people work there.
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