The inside of the main hall of the Capitolio in Havana Centro under the cupola is dominated by the huge La Estatua de la Republica (Statue of the Republic). The statue by Angelo Zanelli was cast in bronze in Rome in three pieces and assembled inside the building after its arrival in Cuba. It is covered with 22 carat gold leaf and weighs 49 tons. At 15m tall, it is the third highest statue under cover in the world, with only the Great Buddha of Nara and Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial taller.