The Virginia State Capitol is the seat of state government of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Richmond. The Capitol was conceived of by Thomas Jefferson and Charles-Louis Clérisseau in France, based on the Maison Carrée in Nîmes. Construction began in 1785 and was completed in 1788.
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REVIEW | The Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia
For my birthday, my uncle and aunt who live near Wilmington, North Carolina took me on a two-day, two-night excursion to Richmond in the Commonwealth of Virginia. We stayed at The Jefferson Hotel.
The White House of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia
From 1861 to 1865 seven then eleven states of the United States of America (USA) seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America (CSA). The Confederacy had a president, Jefferson Finis Davis, and he had a house in the capital of Richmond in Virginia. It’s the White House of the Confederacy.
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