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Traveler Rating
70 reviews 3 travel blogs 4 photos Attraction Type:
Architectural building, Government building, Historic site
TravelPod Member ReviewsVirginia Capitol Building Richmond
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Excellent
emilyr.home 26 contributions United Kingdom Sep 13, 2011
A great free visit and a very interesting tour guide - much better than the Washington Capitol tour.
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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Virginia Capitol Building Richmond
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Groundhog day!
We visited Chatham house, overlooking Fredericksburg, although we didn't have long there. I was excited to spot a large creature walking across the grass and into a bush. It looked like a beaver, without a beaver tail. When I looked it up I think it was a groundhog (woodchuck). I'm always the one to spot wild animals - Dominic never notices them - …
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Free stuff!
The Capitol building was free to visit and the tour guide told us lots of interesting things about it! We walked back through the old town hall, which reminded me of the inside of Castle Coch in Wales, as it was so elaborately decorated. The stained glass windows in nearby St Paul's church were Tiffany glass and among the most beautiful I've ever …
Traveler PhotosVirginia Capitol Building Richmond
Related BlogsVirginia Capitol Building Richmond
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Infiltration of Rebel Headquarters
... many things such as serving as a regent for the Smithsonian Institution and assisting in the design and decoration of the U.S. Capitol Building. He is responsible for the way the Statue of Freedom looks today due to some heated arguments with the ...
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Some Culture (But not too much)
... , Virginia's capitol. After we got a little lost (Eric is not a great navigator, sorry Eric), we finally got to the Capitol building which was... under construction (until 2007 unfortunately). But at least we got to see the old town hall which is a ...
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Free stuff!
The Capitol building was free to visit and the tour guide told us lots of interesting things about it! We walked back through the old town hall, which reminded me of the inside of Castle Coch in Wales, as it was so elaborately decorated. The ...
Virginia Capitol Building Map
- Capitol Square Park
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church
- City Hall Observation Deck
- Tuckahoe Plantation
- Virginia House
- The Ghost Walk
- Executive Mansion
- Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts
- Shockhoe Slip Historic District
- Valentine Richmond History Center
- The Museum and White House of the Confederacy
- Egyptian Building
- Shockhoe Bottom District
- Canal Walk
- Shockoe Slip
- Federal Reserve Bank Money Museum
- Third Street African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Elk's Lodge
- Hippodrome Theater
- Artspace