Capitol
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Capitol may refer to:
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- the Capitoline HillCapitoline HillThe Capitoline Hill , between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the seven hills of Rome. It was the citadel of the earliest Romans. By the 16th century, Capitolinus had become Capitolino in Italian, with the alternative Campidoglio stemming from Capitolium. The English word capitol...
in Rome (from which the word capitol derives) - a Capitolium, the temple for the Capitoline Triad in many cities of the Roman Empire
- the Capitoline Hill
- A building constituting a seat of government, and/or in which a legislatureLegislatureA legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...
meets, including:- United States CapitolUnited States CapitolThe United States Capitol is the meeting place of the United States Congress, the legislature of the federal government of the United States. Located in Washington, D.C., it sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall...
in Washington, D.C. - List of state capitols in the United States
- Capitol of Puerto RicoCapitol of Puerto RicoThe Capitol of Puerto Rico is located on the Islet of San Juan just outside the walls of Old San Juan. The building is home to the bicameral Legislative Assembly, composed of the House of Representatives and Senate...
in San Juan - Capitole de ToulouseCapitole de ToulouseThe Capitole de Toulouse is the heart of the municipal administration of the French city of Toulouse.The Capitouls of the Toulouse embarked on the construction of the original building in 1190, to provide a seat for the government of a province growing in wealth and influence...
in Toulouse, France - Capitolio NacionalCapitolio NacionalCapitolio Nacional is a building on Bolivar Square in central Bogotá, the construction of which began in 1876, by order of president Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, and was not concluded until 1926. It houses both houses of the Congress of Colombia...
in Colombia - Capitolio Federal in Venezuela
- El CapitolioEl CapitolioEl Capitolio, or National Capitol Building in Havana, Cuba, was the seat of government in Cuba until after the Cuban Revolution in 1959, and is now home to the Cuban Academy of Sciences. Its design and name recall the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., but it is only superficially similar...
in Havana, Cuba
- United States Capitol
- Capitol (board game)Capitol (board game)Capitol is a German-style building game set in the ancient Roman Empire, designed by Aaron Weissblum and Alan R. Moon. The game was published by Schmidt Spiele in 2001...
, a Roman-themed board game - Capitol (TV series)Capitol (TV series)Capitol is an American soap opera which aired on CBS from March 29, 1982 to March 20, 1987 for 1,270 episodes. As its name suggests, the storyline usually revolved around the political intrigues of people whose lives intertwined in Washington D.C....
, a U.S. soap opera - Capitol Air LinesCapitol Air LinesCapitol Airways , was a charter airline from the United States. It was founded by former Army Air Corps pilots, Jesse Stallings, Richmond McGinnis, and Francis Roach, following the end of World War II. The European Director of Operations was Chuck Carr and the LBG Airport Mngr, P. Landelle...
, a U.S. charter airline in the 1970s and 1980s - Capitol CollegeCapitol CollegeCapitol College is a private, non-profit, and non-sectarian college located just south of Laurel, Maryland, in unincorporated Prince George's County. It was founded in 1927 as the Capitol Radio Engineering Institute, changed its name to the Capitol Institute of Technology in 1964, and assumed its...
, a private, non-profit, and non-sectarian college located just south of Laurel, Maryland - Capitol CorridorCapitol CorridorThe Capitol Corridor is a 168-mile passenger train route operated by Amtrak in California. Because it is fully supported by the state, the Capitol Corridor operates under Amtrak California. It runs from the San Francisco Bay Area to Sacramento, roughly parallel to Interstate 80...
, an Amtrak railroad corridor - Capitol RecordsCapitol RecordsCapitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
, a U.S. record label - Capitol Reef National ParkCapitol Reef National ParkCapitol Reef National Park is a United States National Park, in south-central Utah. It is 100 miles long but fairly narrow. The park, established in 1971, preserves 378 mi² and is open all year, although May through September are the most popular months.Called "Wayne Wonderland" in the 1920s...
, a U.S. National Park in south-central Utah - Capitol Wrestling Corporation, a predecessor organization to World Wrestling Entertainment
- The CapitolsThe CapitolsThe Capitols were a Detroit, Michigan-based soul trio widely known in the late 1960s for their Billboard hit single "Cool Jerk".-Formation and Disbandment:...
, a soul band - The Capitol (Hong Kong), a large private housing estate in Hong Kong
See also
- Capitol Hill (disambiguation)Capitol Hill (disambiguation)Capitol Hill is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., adjacent to the U.S. Capitol.Capitol Hill may also refer to:* Capitol Hill , a neighborhood of Denver, Colorado* Capitol Hill , a neighborhood in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...
, a number of districts in the United States and Canada - Capitol Cinema/Theatre (disambiguation), a number of former and current cinemas or theatres located throughout the world
- Capital (disambiguation)Capital (disambiguation)Capital may refer to:* Capital city, the area of a country, province, region, or state, regarded as enjoying primary status, usually but not always the seat of the government...