Mississippi State Capitol

The Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson is the state capitol building of the the state of Mississippi. Since 1903, this building has housed the Mississippi Legislature.

The building is in the Beaux-Arts architectural style and the walls of the rotunda are Italian white marble with a base of New York jet-black marble. Eight large columns are art marble known as scagliola. The dome interior contains 750 lights which illuminate the blindfolded female figure representing "Blind Justice" and four scenes: two Indians, a Spanish explorer and a Confederate general. The balustrades are made of cast iron.

On top of the dome is an 8-foot-tall (2.4 m), 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) eagle. It is made of solid copper and gilded with gold leaf.

This postcard came from PatsyLou (4 December 2014) Postcrossing DS.

SW CZ-242 Mississippi, USA

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city with more than 175,000 people. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary and comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi ("Great River"). Mississippi became the 20th state admitted to the Union in 1817.

This postcard from Tosha V. (26 August 2014) Swap-bot shows several interesting sites in Mississippi.

Tunica River Park @ Tunica

William Faulkner Statue @ Oxford

Kermit the Frog @ Leland

Bikers on Natchez Track @ Ridgeland

Dockery Farms Blues Market @ Cleveland

Monmouth Plantation @ Natchez

..and the Lighthouse Biloxi.