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===Architecture=== Harrisburg's architecture spans over 200 years of evolving construction and design and thus contains a breadth of various architectural styles. Six Municipal Historic Districts, multiple National Historic Districts, and Architectural Conservation Overlay Districts have in turn have been established to preserve and guide any new development of areas with respect to their character.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Harrisburg Historic District Design Guidelines |url=https://harrisburghistoricpreservation-cohbg.hub.arcgis.com/documents/2021-harrisburg-historic-district-design-guidelines/explore |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=harrisburghistoricpreservation-cohbg.hub.arcgis.com |language=en}}</ref> Harrisburg is home to the [[Pennsylvania State Capitol]]. Completed in 1906, the central dome rises to a height of {{convert|272|ft}} and was modeled on that of [[St. Peter's Basilica]] in Vatican City, Rome. The building was designed by [[Joseph Miller Huston]] and is adorned with sculpture, including ''Love and Labor, the Unbroken Law'' and ''The Burden of Life, the Broken Law'' by sculptor [[George Grey Barnard]]; murals by [[Violet Oakley]] and [[Edwin Austin Abbey]]; tile floor by [[Henry Mercer]], which tells the story of the Pennsylvania. The state capitol is only the third-tallest building of Harrisburg. The five tallest buildings are 333 Market Street with a height of {{convert|341|ft}}, Pennsylvania Place with a height of {{convert|291|ft}}, the Pennsylvania State Capitol with a height of {{convert|272|ft}}, Presbyterian Apartments with a height of {{convert|259|ft}} and the Fulton Bank Building with a height of {{convert|255|ft}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu?id=101858 |title=Buildings of Harrisburg |publisher=[[Emporis]] |access-date=September 29, 2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321111648/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/?id=101858 |archive-date=March 21, 2007}}</ref> {{Panorama | image = File:Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Panorama.jpg | height = 150 | caption = A [[panorama|panoramic]] of downtown Harrisburg from [[Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania|Wormleysburg]] across the [[Susquehanna River]]. [[M. Harvey Taylor Memorial Bridge]] is on the far left across from the [[Pennsylvania State Capitol]], [[City Island (Pennsylvania)|City Island]] and the [[Walnut Street Bridge (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)|Walnut Street Bridge]] and [[Market Street Bridge (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)|Market Street]] bridges, March 2013. | alt = A city skyline, including the Pennsylvania State Capitol, beyond a river with bridges extending across the river on both sides of the photograph. An island is prominent in the right mid-ground. }}
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