State Capitol Buildings

[minionofmidas]

So, what is a "Capitol". According to wikipedia (marginally abridged/reworded) "a capitol typically contains the meeting place for its state's legislature and offices for the state's governor, though this is not true for every state. The Arizona State Capitol is now strictly a museum, and the legislature and the governor's office are in nearby buildings. The legislatures of Alabama, Nevada and North Carolina also meet in other nearby buildings, but their governor's offices remain in the capitol. In Delaware, Ohio, Michigan, Vermont and Virginia, the Governor's office in the Capitol is for ceremonial use only. In 9 states, the state's highest court also routinely meets in the capitol (one of three sites in the case of Pennsylvania.) The other states have separate buildings for their supreme courts, though in Minnesota and Utah the high court also has ceremonial meetings at the capitol. 39 states use the term State Capitol, the remainder uses State House, Statehouse (Indiana and Ohio) or Legislative Hall (Delaware). In Alabama, the building where the legislature now actually meets is called the State House."

So yeah... so much for separation of powers. Before looking this up I would have figured you were talking about the state legislative building in all cases, as with the Feds (for whose institution all these things are named).

Anyways, my home state. Just for information purposes, not as a "most beautiful" candidate. It's a fraud:



This is the front. Built 1837-41 as an official "residence" within their capital for the Dukes of Nassau.



This is a plan of the building (blue and red).



This is the back - the red bit, wherein the legislature actually sits.

[minionofmidas]

Rhineland-Pfalz does it right.



The MdL offices are not in this historical structure (1730s)... but at least the sessions are. It also has a revolutionary history - the 1793 Mainz Republic also used it for its French-modelled National Convention.

[minionofmidas]

Architects are like whores

This is an insult to the honor or the oldest profession that will not be tolerated.

[minionofmidas]

Architects are like whores

This is an insult to the honor or the oldest profession that will not be tolerated.

Don't be a prude. We have nothing against the professionals of the night.



Or do you think that neanderthal guy didn't prepare a good room for the girl He offered a mammuth thigh in exchange of sex?

Oh, I have nothing against master builders. It is only architects I hold in disdain.