Manitoba Legislative Building is a Legislative Building in Winnipeg, Canada.It was originally named the Manitoba Parliament Building, not Legislative.[2] The neoclassical building was completed in 1920 and stands seventy-seven metres tall (253 ft).[2] It was designed and built by Frank Worthington Simon (1862–1933)[3] and Henry Boddington III, along with other masons and many skilled craftsmen. The building is famous for the Golden Boy, a gold covered bronze statue based on the style of the Roman god Mercury, or the Greek god Hermes, at the top of the cupola, or domed ceiling.
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