Richmond, Virginia

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Richmond is the capital of the US state Virginia.

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Skyline [edit]

  • Richmond on the James River

  • Skyline from the 14th Street Bridge

  • Skyline from Belle Isle

  • Richmond across the Manchester Bridge, illuminated in the winter holiday season

  • View from theCity Hall observation deck of the Business District

Landmarks [edit]

(arranged chronologically)

  • St. John's Episcopal Church

  • Capitol building

  • Pyramid at Hollywood Cemetery

  • Maggie L. Walker House National Historic Site

  • Monument Avenue

  • Maymont Mansion

  • Main Street Station

  • Cathedral of the Sacred Heart near Monroe Park

  • Agecroft Hall, relocated from the UK to Richmond in the 1920s

  • World War I Memorial Carillon

  • The Markel Building

  • The Canal Walk, based around the defunct James River and Kanawha Canal.

  • The Conservatory at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Neighborhoods [edit]

  • Court End

  • Shockoe Slip

  • Jackson Ward

  • Oregon Hill

  • The Uptown neighborhood on Main

Maps [edit]

  • Coastal survey map by Isaac Hull Adams, 1850s

  • Location of Richmond in Virginia

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