Gaskiya mai ban sha'awa Game da Capitol na Amurka

Sau da yawa kuskure saboda kasancewarsa Casa Blanca by farko-farkon baƙi zuwa Washington DC, da Capitol Amurka, ko kuma kawai a Capitol, gida ne na Majalisar Dokokin Amurka da majalisun ta biyu, Majalisar Wakilan Amurka da Majalisar Dattawan Amurka.

Tsaye a kan Capitol Hill a gabashin ƙarshen National Mall, wannan kyakkyawar gine-ginen da kuma katafaren gini yana cikin babban birnin Amurka.

Tun lokacin da aka fara ginin Capitol a shekarar 1793, aka gina shi, aka ƙone shi, aka sake gina shi, aka faɗaɗa shi, aka kuma fadada shi, kuma aka maimata shi sau da yawa kawai don gabatarwa masu kallo da mahimmin ginin tarayya a cikin Amurka a wannan zamanin.

Kuma daga cikin abubuwan ban sha'awa da ban dariya game da Capitol na Amurka dole ne mu:

• A mita 287, ita ce kasa ta hudu da ke da mafi girman dome a duniya. Anyi amfani da fam miliyan 173 na dutse, bulo, kankare da karafa wajen ginin sa.

• An kasa ginin Capitol zuwa fuka-fukai biyu: bangaren arewa shi ne zauren majalisar dattijai, yayin da bangaren kudu kuma shi ne majalisar wakilai.

• Tsarin wannan gini mai matukar muhimmanci sakamakon gasa ce wanda mai son zane, William Thornton ya ci.

• Yayin da aka kammala bangaren majalisar dattijai a 1800, bangaren gidan kawai za a iya kammala shi a 1811.

• Ginin yana fadada yayin 1850s. Gabas ta gaban ginin Capitol an tsara shi ne ta hanyar masu tsara gine-gine Carrère da Hastings, waɗanda suka tsara majalisan dattawa da na ofis kuma.

• Daya daga cikin sanannun mutum-mutumin shine tagulla na Sarki Kamehameha wanda Hawaii ta bayar da shi wanda ya rataya a saman dome wanda aka fi sani da 'Miss Liberty' wanda nauyinsa yakai fam 2,000 kuma tsayinsa yakai mita 15.

• Capitol din ya tsaya ne a wani yanki na hekta 274 da ke kewaye da lambuna, titinan, tituna, raka'a da wuraren shuka.

• Hukumar Kula da Gandun Daji ta ayyana Capitol a matsayin Tarihin Tarihi na Kasa a ranar 19 ga Disamba, 1960.