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  • Costantino Brumidi, Apotheosis of Washington (1865) fresco in the Capitol dome
  • Costantino Brumidi, The Landing of Columbus (1877) frieze in the Rotunda of the US Capitol
  • Statue of Dante Alighieri in Meridian Hill Park in Washington D.C
  • Other American cities may have larger Italian populations than ours, but it’s hard to visit a neighborhood in the District without seeing evidence of the artistic and architectural in uences of Italy.— Adrian M. Fenty, Former Mayor of Washington, DC
  • Statue of Guglielmo Marconi at 16th and Lamont streets NW, in Washington D.C Above the bust of Marconi is a female figure representing electricity.
  • Amy Riolo