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Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

The Library of Congress's Thomas Jefferson Building (1897) is the most ornate public building in the United States: its Great Hall features marble floors, bronze balustrades, and a domed main reading room topped with a stunning coffered ceiling. As the largest library in the world by number of items (170+ million), it is also among the most architecturally extraordinary.

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Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

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