Michelangelo's St. Peter's Dome, completed in 1626 by Giacomo della Porta, inspired the design of Washington D.C.'s Capitol Building, the construction of which was started in 1793.
"Of his genius for Architecture, it is sufficient to say that he built St. Peter's, an ornament of the earth."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson [1803-1882] on Michelangelo [1475-1564]
- Ralph Waldo Emerson [1803-1882] on Michelangelo [1475-1564]
