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Washington D.C. The U.S. Capitol Crypt
03/2010
The large circular area on the first floor of the United States Capitol is called the Crypt. The forty Doric columns of brown stone surmounted by sandstone arches support the floor of the Rotunda. This center section of the building was completed in 1827. The star in the center of the floor denotes the point from which the streets in Washington are laid out and numbered.
