<img src="https://map.nd.edu/images/placemarks/1008-main-building.jpg" alt="Main Building" width="150" height="100" loading="lazy"><p>With the glistening Golden Dome and ambitious gables and spires, this resplendent building is Notre Dame's capitol. It serves primarily as a headquarters for administration, although it still contains classrooms, harking back to a time when it was a crossroads where students learned, ate meals and resided. This structure is actually the third building to stand on the site. It was built in 1879, the same year in which the previous building was destroyed by fire. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The Golden Dome was added to this building in 1882 and was most recently regilded in 2005. The regilding process uses only about a fist-full of gold leaf to cover the entire structure. Atop the Dome, you will find a 19-foot-tall, 4,000-pound statue of Mary, the Mother of God, “Notre Dame” (“Our Lady”).</p><ul class="links"> <li><a href="https://tour.nd.edu/locations/the-main-building">Virtual Tour</a></li> <li><a href="https://dome.nd.edu">Dome Webcam</a></li> </ul>