Minnesota State Capitol Building (St. Paul)

Minnesota State Capitol Building (St. Paul)

The Minnesota State Capitol Building is a stately structure with the requisite dome columns and other ornamentation like so many others.  What is unique is the gold leafed 'quadriga" (a four horse chariot) up on the roof.  Supposedly the four horses represent the power of nature: earth, wind, fire and water. The women leading the horses symbolize civilization, and the man on the chariot represents prosperity.  We … [Read more...]