El Capitolio

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El Capitolio is a grand neoclassical building in Havana that once housed Cuba’s national congress and now serves as one of the city’s most iconic architectural symbols.

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Label Occurrences
El Capitolio canonical 11
Capitolio Federal 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf building
national capitol
parliament building
tourist attraction
alsoKnownAs Capitolio Nacional de La Habana
architecturalStyle Art Deco
Neoclassical architecture
constructionEndDate 1929
constructionStartDate 1926
contains statue La República
country Cuba
currentFunction government building
seat of the National Assembly of People’s Power
formerFunction seat of the Cuban Congress
hasArchitect Eugenio Rayneri Piedra
Raúl Otero
hasClient Cuban government
surface form: Government of Cuba
hasDome yes
hasFeature Hall of Lost Steps
central rotunda
grand staircase
large central dome
marble statues
hasRestoration major restoration in the 2010s
height about 92 m
heritageDesignation National Monument of Cuba
inception 1926
inspiredBy United States Capitol
isPartOf Old Havana
surface form: historic center of Havana
locatedIn Centro Habana
locatedInCity Havana, Cuba
surface form: Havana
locatedOn Paseo del Prado
materialUsed granite
limestone
marble
nativeName El Capitolio self-link
nativeNameLanguage es
near Gran Teatro de La Habana
Parque Central
Paseo del Prado
surface form: Paseo del Prado promenade
officialOpeningDate 1929
owner Cuba
surface form: State of Cuba
significance iconic landmark of Cuba
symbol of Havana
usedFor guided tours
legislative sessions
official ceremonies

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Havana, Cuba hasLandmark El Capitolio
subject surface form: Havana
El Capitolio nativeName El Capitolio self-link
Hall of Lost Steps locatedIn El Capitolio
Hotel Parque Central near El Capitolio
Eugenio Rayneri Piedra notableWork El Capitolio
Eugenio Rayneri Piedra designed El Capitolio
Eugenio Rayneri Piedra architectOf El Capitolio
Raúl Otero notableWork El Capitolio
Plaza Bolívar surroundedBy El Capitolio
this entity surface form: Capitolio Federal