A trip into Harrisburg, Pennsylvania brought us to the State Capitol, originally built in 1819, destroyed by fire in 1897, and reconstructed twice over, with the final building opening in 1906. From a building originally costing $135,000, to the rebuilt structure costing over $13 million, today it is considered priceless. And what an amazing building. My pictures couldn’t begin to capture the overwhelming size and beauty. Various Renaissance designs from Italy, France & England are represented in the enormous paintings, domes, and stained glass, with a touch of Greek, Roman & Victorian in the ornamentation and furnishings throughout. I’ve attached a few pictures, but because of the size of the rooms, my resolution wasn’t the best. Harrisburg was a very beautiful city – small in population (75,000), but because it is the State Capital, the parliament
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