St. Isaac's Cathedral: hidden figures. St. Isaac's Cathedral - history or deception of the Russians in a big way And Sakov's Cathedral
The most important secret for me personally in St. Isaac's Cathedral is whether it is true that on the relics (well, of course, on the particles) of Alexander Nevsky there is an inscription - Joshua.
-An elderly Leningrad woman fills out a questionnaire in some housing office-
- "Vasilieva .... Nina .... Isaakovna ...
- Jew, come on?
- Well, yes, but St. Isaac's Cathedral, is it a synagogue?
THE TEMPLE WAS INITIALLY ANTIQUE!!! AND PROBABLY BEFORE PETRUSH'S BIRTH...
Saint Isaac's Cathedral considered one of the masterpieces of Orthodox, Russian Christian architecture. At first glance, there is nothing strange about it.
But this is only at first glance. You need to look more carefully.
Here is his gate.
The images are very reminiscent of antique ones, but this is not the most important thing. There is not a single .... Orthodox crucifix in the temple
And finding an eight-pointed Orthodox cross is not an easy task.
These Orthodox crosses are rare Orthodox elements - in a completely non-Orthodox church
Please note - above the icon is something other than all-seeing eye, which the Orthodox consider a symbol of Freemasons and Satanists
That's about the crucifixion
Here is the Orthodox crucifix
And here is the Catholic and this image of one of the niches of St. Isaac's Cathedral, while there are no Orthodox crucifixes there
Below, the second, Catholic image with the crucified Jesus is located outside above one of the entrances to the cathedral. 
In fact, according to the official historical myth, St. Isaac's Cathedral after its consecration was the main cathedral of the Russian Empire.
And how did it happen that the main symbolism is practically not used in the design of the main cathedral, and the crucifix is generally shown according to other people's canons?!
But the patterns on the floor of the cathedral
There are subtle patterns on the floor and wall, they are ancient Greek
This is a Hellenic GREEK meander ornament.
Here on the wall of Hadrian's temple
Here's from the Temple of Jupiter
Exactly the same ornaments can be seen, among other things, in Balbec
70-page Montferrand illustration
External signs
Now a little about the external features of the cathedral - an Orthodox church is internally not Orthodox, but outwardly already antique
And this is the Roman pantheon
Almost the same building, only without the dome
The Parisian Pantheon, as in Issacia, you will not find Orthodox crucifixes there
And this is the American Capitol, temples in Russia, Europe and watered. buildings in the United States were built according to the same architectural style
Here's the Boston Capitol
But much more interesting is his old image
Is this a copy of the Alexandrian pillar?
Well, here is the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines
It is most similar to St. Isaac's Cathedral
Who built the Issakievsky Cathedral
It is believed that the cathedral was designed and built by the foreign sculptor Montferan. But it's not.
Here is an interesting illustration from the work of Montferrand himself.
This is 1820, from the image we can conclude that it is not construction, but rather the restoration of the cathedral
Actually the story is
In 1809 and 1813. A competition was announced for the reconstruction of the cathedral. Even before the announcement of the first competition under the leadership of the President of the Academy of Arts Count A.S. Strogonov, a program of the following content was developed:
"The magnificent buildings erected in the northern capital of Russia give the idea to pay attention to the Cathedral of St. Isaac of Dalmatia.
This temple ..., - requires, by coincidence of such important circumstances, decent in finishing its splendor. This intention opens up a vast field of distinction for artists known for their talents in the art of architecture; in this case, they can show their graceful abilities in solving the following problems:
1. Find funds to decorate the church of St. Isaac of Dalmatia with decent and magnificent architecture, without covering (as much as possible) his rich marble clothes.
2. Instead of the domes and bell towers currently on this temple, look for the shape of a dome that can give the inherent grandeur and beauty to such a famous building.
3. To come up with a convenient way to decorate the area belonging to this temple, while bringing the circumference of it into proper regularity.
RGIA, f.789, op. 20 Stroganov, d.36, l3. Reported by N.I. Nikulina (Glinka), printed: Shuisky V.K. Auguste Mauferrand.
History of life and creativity. - St. Petersburg: LLC "MiM-Delta"; M.: ZAO Tsentrpoligraf, 2005. pp. 82-83.
Count Stroganov directly pointed out that there was a competition for the alteration of an already standing temple, the task was to remove marble from it.
This does not fit in with the statement that the 3rd St. Isaac's Cathedral would have been closed in 1816. It was the 3rd cathedral that was partially covered with marble
Wikipedia also quotes Stroganov, but quotes as follows:
"Find a way to decorate the temple ... without covering ... his rich marble clothes ... find a dome shape that can give greatness and beauty to such a famous building ... come up with a way to decorate the square belonging to this temple, bringing its circle into proper regularity"
Here is such a forgery scheme - Wikipedia pulls out the most important thing from Stroganov's note, that the cathedral has already been
Attributing to Montferan the authorship of St. Isaac's Cathedral is stupid, and here is an excerpt from the task of rebuilding St. Isaac's Cathedral in Vigel's "Notes":
"In words, the Sovereign asked Betancourt to instruct someone to draw up a project for the restructuring of St. Isaac's Cathedral in such a way as to preserve the entire old building, perhaps with a small increase, to give a more magnificent and fine appearance to this great monument."
F.F. Vigel in his notes indicated in plain text that St. Isaac's Cathedral was not built, but rebuilt
Signs of perestroika can still be found today
Three in the center are real, and those on the sides are fresh, this is all that Montferan mastered during the reconstruction of the cathedral, he did not have either skill or time to repeat the original.
Here is another new one
In a word, there are many examples
There was no construction of the 4th St. Isaac's Cathedral, what is today is the same "third" temple, as most likely the "first" and second" temple.
But why was it necessary to break the history of one cathedral into 4 parts and falsify its construction by Montferan?
The fact is that ancient temple with elements of paganism and Catholicism, which has nothing to do with today's Orthodoxy.
The construction of 4 cathedrals is no more than four reconstructions, where its pagan-Catholic past was erased.
But even after all this, it is surprising that the falsifiers did not remove the Catholic crucifixes and did not replace them with Orthodox ones. They seemed to know that it was not necessary at all.
Indeed, there was no need to bother, because Orthodox believers are so fooled and blind that they do not notice that they are coming to a strange church.
Although no one hides it from them, everything is in the most visible place.
I will add that the presence of Catholic crucifixes in Isaac is another evidence in favor of the fact that earlier Catholicism and Orthodoxy were one confession, as well as Christianity and Islam.
“Why did Peter I get married in a former barn? Why is the Capitol in Washington DC just a copy of Isaac? And what was hidden in the walls 5 meters thick? We met with Sergei OKUNEV, who has been the custodian of the memorial museum's funds for over 40 years, in the basement of St. Isaac's Cathedral, where during the Great Patriotic War the priceless treasures of the museums of Leningrad and its suburbs were hidden from bombs and shells. Now here is an exposition dedicated to the ascetic feat. In the room near the potbelly stove and a fragment of an incendiary bomb, it is well said about the amazing secrets that the famous cathedral reveals to restorers and researchers. Since 1990, colossal work has been carried out to restore the walls, - says Sergey Nikolaevich. - They are 5 meters thick, but where the 32-ton bell swayed, the cracks reached two meters. The exterior marble finish has been restored. They cleaned the basement, where there were 12 wood-burning stoves, put the attic in order. Finally, we got to the interior of the cathedral, started painting on the walls. Now the restoration of the altars is underway, where the ceiling paintings are at a height of 49 meters. The task is to ensure the safety of St. Isaac's Cathedral in the form in which it was in 1858, at the time of consecration. It is believed that today's technical capabilities make it easier to solve the problem. But not everything is so simple. When the cathedral was being built, there was one technique, then it changed - and we no longer understood how it was built. Two years ago, restorers stumbled upon a void in the south altar. They opened the wall and found a chimney, but did not find where it came from below. Among the documents signed by Montferrand, there is a small drawing with a template for installing a fireplace. Now I'm scratching my head over this riddle. One of many. Bronze boxes for storing church utensils were found in the walls of each of the three altars. When such a box was opened in the Catherine's aisle, they saw that it was chock-full of folders with classified documents from the late 1930s. Minutes of the meetings of the party committee of the anti-religious museum located here, brochures marked "Only for members of the CPSU (b)", decisions of party conferences. Why were party documents classified in peacetime? There was a feeling of “enemies all around”, preparations were underway for the Finnish campaign. Martial law was declared in Leningrad in 1938-1939. My father said that after work, party activists were given weapons, they were on duty in the yards, in dark alleys - with the right to shoot without warning, because robberies began in the blackout. Martial law was introduced at all enterprises, including museums. The strictest labor discipline: absent from work - only at the direction of management. Plus total surveillance of each other. We found several folders with denunciations. And the minutes of the meeting of the party committee with discussions of the fate of the two directors of St. Isaac's Cathedral. Members of the party committee meticulously discussed their biographies, asked provocative questions... The profile of the anti-religious museum, which was within the walls of St. Isaac's Cathedral, changed almost every six months. They kicked out and imprisoned the entire leadership, each time referring to new installations. The union of militant atheists was extremely aggressive. They brought everything to the point of absurdity: they offered to knock down the cross from the cathedral and install a huge anemometer to measure the direction and speed of the wind, then they suddenly wanted to install telescopes ... And all this fuss, of course, was reflected in the fate of the museum. In fact, the cathedral is much older than is commonly believed. In 1705, Peter I decided to rebuild the drawing barn of the Admiralty into a temple - since the city already had an "Admiralty College and a model room for drawings." And now the wooden barn was converted into a temple 18 meters long and 9 meters wide. Money for the construction of the first church in 1707 by St. Isaac of Dalmatia was allocated from funds allocated for the maintenance of the fleet. And all the documents on the cathedral went on to the Ministry navy : payment of priests, purchase of wine for communion, repairs, gifts to the clergy for the fact that they consecrated each ship being lowered. St. Isaac's Cathedral did not belong to the church for a single day, it has always been the property of the state. By the way, Peter I got married in the former barn in 1712. Why? In the archives, I found Peter's decree on holding civil events at the place of residence. At that time, the tsar was "registered" as the skipper Pyotr Alekseev on the Admiralty side. Therefore, he did not get married even in the Peter and Paul Cathedral, which was dedicated to the Romanovs. In order not to violate his own decree, he got married in this church. A second temple was built where the Bronze Horseman now stands. In 1714, when it became clear that the Swedes would not be able to attack St. Petersburg, the tsar ordered Trezzini to create a cathedral befitting the capital of Russia. They laid the temple on the banks of the Neva, without taking into account hydrology, and after a while it began to slide into the river. They suffered, remade, the cathedral burned twice. Finally, already Catherine in 1758 issued a decree to find a new site for the construction of the cathedral. They invited the Italian Rinaldi, determined the place, and began to build the third St. Isaac's Cathedral. They finished under Paul I. And already in 1802-1803 the cathedral began to collapse. Instead of marble, it was lined with bricks, they were not dried inside, and pieces of plaster began to fall on the believers during worship ... And Montferrand built the fourth cathedral. After the victory over Napoleon, Alexander I ordered to develop a new project for St. Isaac's Cathedral. The conditions of the competition contained a requirement to preserve the altars. The first competition was held in 1816, but no one was able to enter the altars. Two years later, a second competition was announced. And then came the brilliant Montferrand. Apparently, not too hoping to get an order, he presented his project on two sheets of paper. But the Rinaldi altars turned out to be so well inscribed that Alexander I chose this one out of 24 projects. Montferrand was appointed the lead architect of the Ministry of the Court, with a salary of 8,000 a year. At that time, Alexander I's assistant was Betancourt. He showed himself well in Europe, and in Russia he was appointed Minister of Road and Underground Construction. So, the underground structures of Betancourt are still working. Under Sennaya Square, for example, he built the largest storage facility, and everything is in order with it. Betancourt took care of Montferrand and helped with the technical solutions. During the construction, new methods were used, in particular, monolithic columns, the structure of the dome, and protection from groundwater. Few people know that the dome of the Capitol in Washington was built according to the drawings of St. Isaac's Cathedral. I found archival documents in the Library of the Academy of Sciences, according to which my students made a model of the Capitol. It flaunts in the museum next to the model of the dome of our cathedral. So the symbol of the American capital can be considered a copy of the St. Petersburg Isaac, - concludes his story Sergei Nikolaevich Okunev.
Irina Smirnova, St. Petersburg
Alexey Oliferchuk
“And do not breathe over your miracle, Montferrand…”
“St. Isaac's Cathedral, one of the monumental symbols of St. Petersburg, has become the subject of close attention of specialists. The inspection of the technical condition of the building began. Experts are examining cracks inside the temple and engineering structures to understand whether the structure is threatened by subsidence of soil, which has to withstand a pressure of 300,000 tons. The word "greatness" in St. Petersburg has a synonym. St. Isaac's Cathedral, which dictates the scale of the Neva panorama, as well as 150 years ago, strikes the imagination of contemporaries. Of all the practical issues involved in the history of this fantastic building, one is still on the agenda. What should be the foundation of the cathedral to withstand the pressure of 300,000 tons? Such is the weight of Montferrand's creation. In the twenties of the 19th century, under the influence of criticism from colleagues, Montferrand changed the original project, greatly facilitating the design, but the person who wrote “Not all of me will die” on the album of drawings could not abandon his plan. Perhaps the architect became a victim of his own ambitions, and it is under Isaac that St. Petersburg chaos is stirring. Any person who is familiar with the basics of the building business knows that the sediment of knowledge first of all manifests itself in doorways. Having tried to open the sash of one of the doors of the cathedral, weighing about eight volumes, we are convinced that the building does not precipitate. The first author's album dedicated to St. Isaac's Cathedral, Moferrand, even before the end of construction, sent not to the direct customer, the Russian emperor, but to the French king Louis-Phillip. The architect was extremely concerned about his reputation in Europe. In the drawing of the foundation of 1845, sections of the foundation of the third St. Isaac's Cathedral are highlighted. According to the condition of Alexander the First, Montferrand retained a significant part of Rinaldi's creation, and the combination of two foundations could affect the stability of the building. When driving pine piles, builders sought to achieve maximum soil density. As the curator of St. Isaac's Cathedral Sergei Okunev said, they were driven in at a distance equal to the diameter of these piles, and driven in such a way that when a crowbar hit between the piles on the ground, the crowbar bounced off. Only then it was considered that they were packed normally. Despite the use of advanced technologies for its time, the deformations of the walls were noticed by Montferrand as early as 1841, and the need for the first comprehensive restoration of the cathedral arose already 20 years after the completion of construction. From the middle of the 19th century, a special technical commission, which operated until 1917, monitored the condition of the building. 150 years that have passed since the construction of the cathedral showed that Isaac gradually settles into westbound. The first attempts to study this process were made in the early 1930s. In the course of long-term observations, it turned out that the draft to the West is from 30 to 45 centimeters. According to the curator of the cathedral, Sergei Okunev, the active phase of the movement has already passed. He explained his considerations: “I quite regularly look at beacons, pieces of glass embedded in the walls located in the upper part of the cathedral. Per last years none of our beacons have burst. This means that there were no shifts more than a millimeter. A new study of the state of the foundation and metal structures of the cathedral promises to be the most voluminous and accurate. The two institutes are given a whole year for examinations. According to Nikolai Burov, director of the museum-monument "St. Isaac's Cathedral", a plan for further actions will be drawn up in a year. Previous examinations 45 years ago categorically recommended not to interfere with what has been created, since such interference can do much more harm. The pile foundation of the cathedral is below the groundwater level. Pine trees can easily stay in water for centuries, but if the water level changes and oxygen gets to the wood, then the process of decay is inevitable. In order to understand what is happening under the cathedral building at a depth of 20 meters, geodetic research is needed. Here is what Boris Podolsky, deputy director of the St. Isaac's Cathedral memorial museum, said about the upcoming research: “These will be geological studies using drilling rigs. Several points will be selected along the perimeter and soil samples will be taken and the level of groundwater will be determined at the same time.” If in the interior of the cathedral only cracks on the western wall remind of the sediment, then at a height of 80 meters inside the metal structures holding the balustrade, the changes are more alarming. More than 40 elements of the balustrade ring have cracks. Static soil under Isaac is the main condition for the longevity of the building, but it is difficult to count on this in light of the restructuring in the city center. The situation with the cathedral is commented with the same relevance by the words of one of Montferrand's colleagues, said 190 years ago: "One must be careful not to err in the goodness of the earth."
(there is a video in the article)
A bit of history. Until the beginning of the 19th century, Finland was the outskirts of Sweden. After the accession of Finland to Russia, the capital of Finland - Helsinki begins to acquire a European look. The modern architectural style of the city center was planned by Johan Albrecht Ehrenström and architect Johann Carl Ludwig Engel.
Born in Germany, Engel initially worked in the Russian Empire before moving to Helsinki. According to his design and built Cathedral, which in the Russian period of Finnish history was called Nikolaevsky. First 3 photos and text from here .
In the foreground is a monument to the Emperor of the Russian Empire Alexander II.
"The construction of St. Nicholas Cathedral was carried out according to the project of Karl Ludwig Engel in 1830-1852, in parallel with the construction of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, with which Helsinki has much in common.
The temple was inaugurated on February 15, 1852. Cathedral dedicated to Saint Nicholas heavenly patron reigning Emperor Nicholas I, and was named the Church of St. Nicholas (Fin. Nikolainkirkko). Emperor Nicholas II ordered to decorate the temple with sculptural images of the apostles cast from zinc.
After Finland became independent in 1917, the temple was named Suurkirkko (Fin. Suurkirkko, Big Church)". .
And this below St. Isaac's Cathedral, located in St. Petersburg, which became the prototype of the St. Nicholas Cathedral, built in Finland.
"Erected by the architect Auguste Montferrand, St. Isaac's Cathedral - outstanding monument late Russian classicism of the middle of the 19th century". (Wikipedia).
"Late Russian classicism" - is this THIS? Like in ancient Rome?
Do you believe that "St. Isaac's Cathedral" with its numerous columns made of solid granite was built almost at the same time as the "Nikolaev Cathedral" in Finland? Namely, in 1819-1858, as historians say? Even from the photographs you can see that these are buildings from different eras! Isakios screams:"I'm at least 1000 years older!"
St. Isaac's Cathedral (Russia) - description, history, location. Exact address and website. Reviews of tourists, photos and videos.
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St. Isaac's Cathedral - the largest to date Orthodox church Petersburg and one of the highest domed structures in the world. Its history began in 1710, when a wooden church was built in honor of Isaac of Dalmatia, a Byzantine saint whose memorial day is the birthday of Peter the Great. In it, in 1712, Peter married Ekaterina Alekseevna, his second wife. Later wooden church replaced with stone. The third temple was erected in the second half of the 18th century, but immediately after the completion of the work it was declared inappropriate for the front building of the city center. Emperor Alexander I announced a competition for the best project for its restructuring. After 9 years, the project of the young French architect Auguste Montferrand was approved, and work began.
The construction of the cathedral lasted 40 years and required a huge amount of effort. However, the result exceeded all expectations. The monumentality of the cathedral is emphasized by its square construction. During the construction, 43 types of minerals were used. The plinth is lined with granite, and the walls - with gray marble blocks about 40-50 cm thick. St. Isaac's Cathedral is framed on four sides by mighty eight-column porticos, decorated with statues and bas-reliefs. Above the bulk of the cathedral rises a grandiose gilded dome on a drum surrounded by granite columns. The dome itself is made of metal, and it took about 100 kg of pure gold to gild it.
St. Isaac's Cathedral is sometimes called the museum of colored stone. The interior walls are clad in white marble with green and yellow marble, jasper and porphyry panels. The main dome was painted from the inside by Karl Bryullov, and Vasily Shebuev, Fedora Bruni, Ivan Vitali and many other famous artists and sculptors also worked on the interior decoration of the temple.
The height of the cathedral is 101.5 m, 12,000 people can be in the temple at the same time. However, the architect Montferrand himself believed that the cathedral was designed for 7,000 people, given the puffy skirts of the ladies, each of which needs at least 1 sq. m. of space.
After the revolution, the temple was devastated, about 45 kg of gold and more than 2 tons of silver were taken out of it. In 1928 services were stopped and one of the first anti-religious cathedrals in the country was opened here. During the Great Patriotic War, the basements of the temple served as a repository for works of art that were brought here from all palaces and museums. For masking, the dome was repainted in grey colour, but it was still not possible to avoid the bombing - to this day, traces of shelling are visible on the walls and columns of the temple. They did not shoot at the dome itself, according to legend, the Germans used it as a landmark on the ground.
Museum status was assigned to the temple in 1948, and church services Sundays and holidays resumed in 1990, and this tradition is alive to this day. In addition, the cathedral regularly hosts concerts, tours and other events.
Saint Isaac's Cathedral
Colonnade of St. Isaac's Cathedral
The colonnade of St. Isaac's Cathedral is worth special attention. This is the most famous observation deck in St. Petersburg. From a height of 43 m, views of the Neva and the central districts of the city open up. It is especially beautiful here on white nights - there is something mystical in this ghostly light. You can climb the colonnade only on foot along a spiral staircase.
The construction of the colonnade began in 1837, immediately after the dome was erected. The temple was built according to the technologies of the early 19th century, granite monolithic blocks were delivered from the Gulf of Finland, and a special mechanism was built to raise them to a height. Basically, the construction was carried out manually by serf workers.
Practical Information
Address: St. Isaac's Square, 4.
Opening hours: from 10:00 to 17:30.
Entrance: 250 RUB (entrance to the museum), 150 RUB (entrance to the colonnade, audio tour included).
Prices on the page are for September 2018.
From May 28, 2004 to March 31, 2005, the Russian-American Exhibition " Two great domes". The exhibition told about the history of creation and design features of the domes of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg and the Capitol in Washington.
Among the exhibited materials were demonstrated unique archival documents from the libraries of architects of the American Capitols, as well as rare documents from the collections of the State St. Isaac's Cathedral.
The exhibition was held with the participation of the US Consulate General in St. Petersburg, the Library of Congress, architects of the Capitols of 12 US states.
In May 2003, the family of US President Bush visited St. Petersburg, and Laura Bush drew attention to the similarity of the dome of St. Isaac's Cathedral with the Capitol. Searches were launched, and in the same 2003, documents were found in the US Library of Congress that confirm the hypothesis of the direct influence of the St. Petersburg architectural design of the dome on the Washington one. In particular, it turned out that the architect of the final version of the project of the American Congress, Thomas Walter, used the drawings of the creator Isaac Auguste Montferrand. Initially, on the site of the Congress building, it was supposed to build a domed tomb for the first US President George Washington, but this idea had to be abandoned when the last will of Washington became known, who bequeathed to bury him on the territory of the family estate.
When analyzing the documents, it turned out that there is not only an external, but also a constructive similarity between the domes of the cathedral and the Congress. St. Isaac's Cathedral Montferrand built 40 years, because no one had built such temples before him. Walter, following Montferrand - 10 years after the completion of the cathedral in the Russian capital - used lightweight frame structures to create his dome, and not brickwork, as in the similar London Cathedral of Peter and Paul, which at that time was technical revolution.
Alexander Kvyatkovsky, head of the St. Isaac's Cathedral branch, talking about the features and differences, noted: "The weight of the dome of St. Isaac's Cathedral is 2.5 thousand tons. The dome of the Capitol is 4 thousand tons, although it is lower, and, it would seem, logically it should be lighter ".From the history of the construction of the Capitol
The United States Capitol is a complex of monumental buildings in Washington DC, the seat of the US Congress. Located on Capitol Hill.The history of the Washington State Capitol as a symbol of government authority dates back to the 1787 US Constitution. It spoke of the need to allocate a special territory not exceeding 10 square miles (16 square kilometers),
the place - Jenkins Hill was chosen on the banks of the Potomac River by the French engineer Major Pierre Charles L "Enfant", who developed the urban plan for Washington in the early 1790s. In 1792 he was removed from business.
In March of the same year, a competition for projects for the construction of the American Capitol was announced, but all 16 proposed options were rejected, only in the fall of 1792 was the project of William Thornton, an amateur architect from the British West Indies, accepted. President George Washington praised it as "grandness, simplicity and convenience", and on September 18, 1793, he himself laid the first stone in the southeast corner of the foundation.
The north wing was completed in 1800, the south - seven years later, under the direction of Benjamin Latrobe (Benjamin Latrobe), who was the chief architect of the complex in 1803-1818. He built the hall of the House of Representatives and set about rebuilding the north wing, but in 1813, due to the second war with Great Britain (1812-1815), construction was stopped..
Photo: Public domai from the Capitol exhibition in 1800
In August 1814, British troops marched on Washington and most of it burned down in a fire.Over the next few years, Latrobe worked to rebuild what had been destroyed.
Money was tight, and a disagreement over whether to make the ceilings of the Senate and the House of Representatives domed led to Latrobe's resignation.
The construction of the central part between the wings, over which the dome now rises, was already led by the Boston architect Charles Bulfinch (Charles Bulfinch). He also managed to rebuild the premises of the Supreme Court, the room for the Senate and the hall of the House of Representatives.
The last part of the Capitol, the East Open Gallery, was completed in 1826. For the next four years, work went on here landscape design, small architectural forms, fencing and gates of the Capitol.
In 1830, the construction of the Capitol was officially completed. But alterations and completions were carried out in subsequent years.
Due to the fact that the territory of the United States grew, and the number of legislators increased, there was a constant need to expand the Capitol. The tender for this work was won by the famous Philadelphia architect Thomas Walter.
Thomas Walter Photo: Public domain
In 14 years, he managed to more than double the size of the Capitol, erect an iron dome and decorate the interior.
Photo: Public domain The Capitol in 1846
The original dome was modeled after the Roman Pantheon. New (hemispheric) - with the help of steam cranes was installed in 1859. From the inside, the dome of the Capitol is decorated with the first fresco in the United States - "The Apotheosis of Washington" by the Italian artist Constantino Brumidi (Constantino Brumidi).
In the photo: the construction of a connecting corridor between the "old" and "new" wing of the building, 1857. 
Photo: Public domain Rotunda superstructure in 1861
Model of the Capitol Photo: Architect of the Capitol
Work on dismantling the old dome began in 1855. With the outbreak of civil war, the contractor was notified of the suspension of funding, but the company decided to continue work nonetheless. The last part of the Statue of Liberty was installed on December 2, 1863, and the interior was completed in 1866. The total cost of the dome was $1,047,291.
In the middle of the 19th century, additional wings were added on both sides of the Capitol - for the House of Representatives and for the Senate. In 1865 the complex was equipped with a steam heating system, in 1874 with elevators, in 1882 with electric lighting. The office buildings for both chambers were completed in 1908-1909.
On the construction of the Capitol, 1907
July 1931
modernization of the exterior of the Capitol, 1960
