Talk:Rhode Island State House

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[edit] Dome

According to the Minnesota State Capitol article, it is an "unsupported marble dome", which I take to mean self-supporting, because it certainly doesn't levitate. This would probably mean that the RI Capitol dome is the third-largest, rather than the second. Any thoughts on this? 68.228.155.76 07:48, 27 May 2007 (UTC) Whoops, forgot to sign in. Counterfit 07:49, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, if you had read the article...

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The dome of the State House is the fourth-largest self-supporting dome in the world, after St. Peter's Basilica, the Minnesota State Capitol, and the Taj Mahal. It is the second-largest self-supporting marble dome in the world, only after St. Peter's Basilica.

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--Loodog 21:29, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

This was just brought up on the misc refdesk. Both the Minnesota State Capital and Taj Mahal are also marble. St Peter's was never the largest self-supporting dome in the world (the Pantheon, Rome is larger and older), so that list makes no sense. The truth is that RISH is the fourth largest marble dome, and not the anythingth largest any dome. FiggyBee 12:33, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

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