rotunda

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Go the Capitol rotunda and look up at the dome, where Constantino Brumidi’s fresco The Apotheosis of Washington, painted during the Civil War, shows Washington in heaven, flanked by goddesses.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

In a disco-ball-decorated rotunda, five Optimus bots performed a dance routine to Haddaway’s “What Is Love.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

Built in 1939 as the Floral Hall, the Ocean Room is a distinctive rotunda building, and for the past 50 years has operated as a night club and function venue.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

“President Kennedy, who at one point worked as a senator in this building and would often walk through this very rotunda, once said, ‘In a democracy, every citizen, regardless of interest in politics, holds office.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025

The rotunda was dotted in red—trophies, pictures, whole pieces of wall dripped with red paint.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia