Capitolio Nacional

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legislative building neoclassical building seat of parliament

The Capitolio Nacional is Colombia’s neoclassical national congress building in central Bogotá, serving as the seat of the country’s legislative branch.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Capitolio Nacional (National Capitol of Colombia) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative building ⓘ
neoclassical building ⓘ
seat of parliament ⓘ
architect Alberto Manrique Martín ⓘ
Mariano Sanz de Santamaría ⓘ
Thomas Reed ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
cityCenterLandmark yes ⓘ
completionDate 1926 ⓘ
constructionDuration 79 years ⓘ
contains House of Representatives ⓘ
surface form: Chamber of Representatives chamber

Senate chamber ⓘ
central courtyard ⓘ
committee rooms ⓘ
offices of legislators ⓘ
coordinates 4.598°N 74.077°W ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
district La Candelaria ⓘ
function seat of the Congress of Colombia ⓘ
hasColonnade yes ⓘ
hasDome no ⓘ
hasNationalSignificance yes ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Monument of Colombia ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1975 ⓘ
houses Chamber of Representatives of Colombia ⓘ
Senate of Colombia ⓘ
surface form: Senate of the Republic of Colombia
inaugurationDate 1926 ⓘ
legislativeBody Congress of Colombia ⓘ
locatedIn Bogotá ⓘ
Plaza de Bolívar ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Bogotá ⓘ
surface form: Bogotá, D.C.
mainEntranceFaces Plaza de Bolívar ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
near Presidential Palace of Colombia ⓘ
surface form: Casa de Nariño

Palacio Liévano ⓘ
Palacio de Justicia Alfonso Reyes Echandía ⓘ
Bogotá Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá
numberOfFloors 3 ⓘ
operator Congress of Colombia ⓘ
owner Colombia ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Colombia
startOfConstruction 1847 ⓘ
symbolizes Colombian democracy ⓘ
legislative power in Colombia ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor legislative debates ⓘ
official state ceremonies ⓘ
plenary sessions of Congress ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Plaza de Bolívar → centralBuildingOverlooks → Capitolio Nacional ⓘ
La Candelaria → contains → Capitolio Nacional ⓘ
Paseo del Prado → hasNearby → Capitolio Nacional ⓘ
this entity surface form: Capitolio Nacional (National Capitol of Colombia)
Senate of Colombia → meetingPlace → Capitolio Nacional ⓘ
Congress of Colombia → meetsIn → Capitolio Nacional ⓘ
Archbishop’s Palace of Bogotá → near → Capitolio Nacional ⓘ
Bogotá Cathedral → near → Capitolio Nacional ⓘ
Plaza de Bolívar → surroundedBy → Capitolio Nacional ⓘ