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In the heart of Washington at the eastern end of the National Mall, Capitol Hill is the historic neighbourhood surrounding the United States Capitol building and one of the most heavily visited destinations in the federal capital district. The neighbourhood takes its name from the gently sloping rise on which the iconic Capitol building stands, with the rise itself named by the urban planner Pierre Charles L'Enfant in his original 1791 master plan for the new federal city in homage to the Capito...