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Top: Finial atop the lantern
Middle: Copper cupola
Bottom: Drum

The most prominent feature of the Basilica's exterior is the huge copper dome / cupola. Measuring in at 165-feet in height, the dome, at the time of its completion, was second in size only to the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Replaced in 2002.

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