This is the Colorado Senate Chamber. They have 35 Senators. Their session begins in January and lasts for 120 days -- longer if a special session is called.
Around the rotunda on the 3rd floor are the pictures of all the Presidents.
The cannon are from the Civil War and were placed at the Capitol to defend it from the Confederate Soldiers coming up through Mexico. They've only been fired ceremoniously. Colorado is known as "The Centennial State" as it is the only state admitted to the Union in 1876 -- the 100th year of the United States.
Just one last view from the west entrance since I can post four pictures in a post! The dome is really gold from the Colorado mines. It was originally copper, but that is not the primary metal in Colorado, so the miners donated 200 ounces of gold which was then pounded very thin into gold leaf and applied.
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