El Capitolio, formally the National Capitol of Cuba, stands in Centro Habana, Havana, built between 1926 and 1929 under the architect Eugenio Rayneri Piedra for the government of President Gerardo Machado, with the American firm Purdy and Henderson overseeing a construction effort that employed more than 5,000 workers. Built as the seat of Cuba's Congress, with separate semicircular chambers for its Senate and Chamber of Deputies, the building now houses the National Assembly of People's Power. The building measures 207 meters long and 91 meters wide, its dome rising about 92 meters, the tallest structure in Havana until 1956, above a 55-step entrance staircase flanked by 6.5-meter statues representing Labor and Virtue, and a portico 36 meters wide carried on twelve 14-meter Ionic granite columns. Inside stands the Statue of the Republic by Angelo Zanelli, a 15-meter, 49-ton bronze figure covered in gold leaf, said to be the third largest indoor statue in the world.
Facts
Building Type Completed Year Height (m)92 m is the dome height, the highest point in Havana until the FOCSA Building reached 121 m in 1956. Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own accountGovernment / Parliament Building 1 Connections
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Source Capitolio Nacional (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Cuba, located there.
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1. Capitolio Nacional (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation- Wikipedia "National Capitol of Colombia" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
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El Capitolio, formally the National Capitol of Cuba, stands in Centro Habana, Havana, built between 1926 and 1929 under the architect Eugenio Rayneri Piedra for the government of President Gerardo Machado, with the American firm Purdy and Henderson overseeing a construction effort that employed more than 5,000 workers. Built as the seat of Cuba's Congress, with separate semicircular chambers for its Senate and Chamber of Deputies, the building now houses the National Assembly of People's Power. The building measures 207 meters long and 91 meters wide, its dome rising about 92 meters, the tallest structure in Havana until 1956, above a 55-step entrance staircase flanked by 6.5-meter statues representing Labor and Virtue, and a portico 36 meters wide carried on twelve 14-meter Ionic granite columns. Inside stands the Statue of the Republic by Angelo Zanelli, a 15-meter, 49-ton bronze figure covered in gold leaf, said to be the third largest indoor statue in the world.
- In Style: Neoclassical Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Neoclassical
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Wikimedia Foundationlead paragraph, first sentence
The National Capitol of Cuba, also known as Capitolio Nacional de La Habana (National Capitol of La Habana), and often simply referred to as El Capitolio (The Capitol), is a public edifice in Havana, the capital of Cuba.
lead paragraph, first sentence, location clause
The National Capitol of Cuba, also known as Capitolio Nacional de La Habana (National Capitol of La Habana), and often simply referred to as El Capitolio (The Capitol), is a public edifice in Havana, the capital of Cuba.
History section, completion sentence
Completed in 1929, it was the tallest building in Havana until the 1950s.
Building section, dome height sentence
At almost 92 m (302 ft) high, the dome was the highest point in the city of Havana until 1956 when the FOCSA Building was built reaching a height of 121 meters (397 ft).
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