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The Georgia State Capitol in downtown Atlanta was completed in 1889 in a classical style, and its dome is covered with gold leaf from Dahlonega, site of an early American gold rush. It houses the governor's office and the General Assembly, and the Georgia Capitol Museum on its upper floor shows exhibits on the state's history and government.
Centennial Olympic Park is a 9-hectare public park in downtown Atlanta, built for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. Its Fountain of Rings, shaped like the Olympic rings, plays water and music shows several times a day, and the park is surrounded by the Georgia Aquarium, the World of Coca-Cola and other attractions.
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park covers the blocks of Auburn Avenue in Atlanta where King was born in 1929, grew up and preached. Run by the National Park Service, it includes his birth home, visited on ranger-led tours, the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, a visitor centre with exhibits on the civil rights movement, and the tombs of King and Coretta Scott King.
Piedmont Park is an 81-hectare public park in Midtown Atlanta, about 1.6 km north-east of downtown. Once a farm and a horse-racing ground, it hosted the Cotton States and International Exposition of 1895 and was later shaped by the Olmsted Brothers. It has Lake Clara Meer, lawns, sports fields, a dog park and a weekend farmers' market, and borders the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
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