Inside the Colorado Capitol Dome

This is a view of the dome of the Colorado capitol building from the inside taken at the base of the main stairwell. As you progress upward through the floors you can see more of the detail of the dome. If you look closely there are round stained glass portraits of people important to Colorado history.

Unfortunately, we were unable to take the tour of the dome itself. There happened to be a lot of school groups that kept the guides busy. Next time I would like to get up into the dome and check out the view of the city from there.

All told, it is a really neat building constructed by the Masons in the late 1800's. On the first floor the walls and columns are decorated with the only known Rose Onyx in the entire world. It was mined up in the Rockies.