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United States Capitol
The United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., is the seat of the US Congress. William Thornton, a physician born in the British Virgin Islands, won the design competition, and construction began in 1793. British troops burned the building in 1814, and it was later enlarged with new wings and a great cast-iron dome completed in 1866.
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