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In 1911, the original Burgesses' Hall went up in flames due to a poorly-extinguished cigar smouldering in a basket full of discarded paper. Such an event was not unusual, however, as the caretaker of the Burgesses' Hall was called to handle what was initially seen as a small fire. However, when he made it to the room with the burning wastebasket, the fire had already grown at an uncontrollable rate and so the caretaker immediately raised a fire alarm. When the alarm was raised, the Foral Assembly was in session when the clerk of the building's coat check ran into the chamber and interrupted the session by calling for an evacuation. Everyone in the building was ordered out as the flames progressed. Unlike the 1848 fire, members of the public were more inclined to get involved in the evacuation of the Burgesses' Hall; some even began to form {{wp|human chains}} to rescue everything they could, with the original Charter of San Lina and the portrait of Mauricio Delepas once again being rescued from the flames; other artifacts rescued included the [[Ceremonial maces of Castadilla|ceremonial maces]], a portrait of [[Jeronimo I of Pelaxia|King Jeronimo I]], and an ornate {{wp|grandfather clock}} from the 17th Century which was a gift from [[Burgundie]]. Within a day, the Burgesses' Hall was completely destroyed with the only part of the building spared being the reading hall and meeting chamber of the cabinet of the [[President of the Forals]], which was sealed shut by heavy metal doors at the time due to an extensive cleaning; the cleaners were not even aware that the Burgesses' Hall was on fire until they had opened the doors after much of the building had burned down. Like the 1848 fire, there were no casualties or deaths in the fire. The fire was seen as symbolic of the instability which had emerged in Delepasia after the end of the [[First Great War]], with many members of the public speculating that it was the work of {{wp|anarchists}} from [[Third Pelaxian Republic|Pelaxia]]. The Foral Assembly would temporarily relocate to the Residence of the Edifier and the Burgesses' Hall would be left in ruins for the next ten years with no confirmation on whether or not the building would be replaced or if it was just going to be left abandoned.

[[File:Celebration of the Completion of the New Burgesses Hall (1933).jpg|thumb|left|200px|Dedication of the new Burgesses' Hall, 1933.]]

During the years that the Burgesses' Hall was left abandoned, an intense debate would emerge over what to do with the Capitolium; a sizeable amount of legislators called for the closure of the Capitolium and to just simply take the Residence of the Edifier as the new parliamentary building, and others wanted to leave the ruins standing as a monument to the fire. However, with the rampant chaos and instability throughout the confederation, none of these options were seriously pursued, and it would not be until 1922 when the ruins were finally demolished. The new President of the Forals, [[Fernan Pascual]], began to lay out plans to rebuild the Burgesses' Hall in a plan similar to the original, but it was to be larger and more austere-looking while remaining within the Gothic revival style; Pascual had hoped that the rebuilding of the Burgesses' Hall would help in restoring public morale and to represent Delepasia's national revival from the ruins of the chaos from the past several years. The original cornerstone, which was spared from destruction, was relaid by [[Augustine II of Delepasia|Emperor Augustine II]]. To prevent further fires, the frame of the new Burgesses' Hall was to be made from steel and much of the interior was to primarily use stonework; the floor plan was refined to make future evacuations easier. The first session to be held in the new Burgesses' Hall was in the new [[Congress of the Commons]] chamber in 1926, complete with a huge ceremony for such a major milestone. Public reaction was immensely supportive of the reconstruction efforts, and national pride would grow considerably. The construction of the Burgesses' Hall would be completed in 1933, but much of the interior stonework would take decades to complete, with the last stonework being finished in the year 2000. The dedication of the rebuilt Burgesses' Hall in 1933 is seen in historiography as the spiritual rebirth of Delepasia under the ''[[Estado Social (Castadilla)|Estado Social]]'' regime.

During the years that the Burgesses' Hall was left abandoned, an intense debate would emerge over what to do with the Capitolium; a sizeable amount of legislators called for the closure of the Capitolium and to just simply take the Residence of the Edifier as the new parliamentary building, and others wanted to leave the ruins standing as a monument to the fire. However, with the rampant chaos and instability throughout the confederation, none of these options were seriously pursued, and it would not be until 1922 when the ruins were finally demolished. The new President of the Forals, [[Fernan Pascual]], began to lay out plans to rebuild the Burgesses' Hall in a plan similar to the original, but it was to be larger and more austere-looking while remaining within the Gothic revival style; Pascual had hoped that the rebuilding of the Burgesses' Hall would help in restoring public morale and to represent Delepasia's national revival from the ruins of the chaos from the past several years. The original cornerstone, which was spared from destruction, was relaid by [[Augustine II of Delepasia|Emperor Augustine II]]. To prevent further fires, the frame of the new Burgesses' Hall was to be made from steel and much of the interior was to primarily use stonework; the floor plan was refined to make future evacuations easier. The first session to be held in the new Burgesses' Hall was in the new [[Congress of the Commons]] chamber in 1926, complete with a huge ceremony for such a major milestone. Public reaction was immensely supportive of the reconstruction efforts, and national pride would grow considerably. The construction of the Burgesses' Hall would be completed in 1933, but much of the interior stonework would take decades to complete, with the last stonework being finished in the year 2000. The dedication of the rebuilt Burgesses' Hall in 1933 by [[Augustine III of Delepasia|Emperor Augustine III]] has been seen in historiography as the spiritual rebirth of Delepasia under the ''[[Estado Social (Castadilla)|Estado Social]]'' regime.

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 In 1911, the original Burgesses' Hall went up in flames due to a poorly-extinguished cigar smouldering in a basket full of discarded paper. Such an event was not unusual, however, as the caretaker of the Burgesses' Hall was called to handle what was initially seen as a small fire. However, when he made it to the room with the burning wastebasket, the fire had already grown at an uncontrollable rate and so the caretaker immediately raised a fire alarm. When the alarm was raised, the Foral Assembly was in session when the clerk of the building's coat check ran into the chamber and interrupted the session by calling for an evacuation. Everyone in the building was ordered out as the flames progressed. Unlike the 1848 fire, members of the public were more inclined to get involved in the evacuation of the Burgesses' Hall; some even began to form {{wp|human chains}} to rescue everything they could, with the original Charter of San Lina and the portrait of Mauricio Delepas once again being rescued from the flames; other artifacts rescued included the [[Ceremonial maces of Castadilla|ceremonial maces]], a portrait of [[Jeronimo I of Pelaxia|King Jeronimo I]], and an ornate {{wp|grandfather clock}} from the 17th Century which was a gift from [[Burgundie]]. Within a day, the Burgesses' Hall was completely destroyed with the only part of the building spared being the reading hall and meeting chamber of the cabinet of the [[President of the Forals]], which was sealed shut by heavy metal doors at the time due to an extensive cleaning; the cleaners were not even aware that the Burgesses' Hall was on fire until they had opened the doors after much of the building had burned down. Like the 1848 fire, there were no casualties or deaths in the fire. The fire was seen as symbolic of the instability which had emerged in Delepasia after the end of the [[First Great War]], with many members of the public speculating that it was the work of {{wp|anarchists}} from [[Third Pelaxian Republic|Pelaxia]]. The Foral Assembly would temporarily relocate to the Residence of the Edifier and the Burgesses' Hall would be left in ruins for the next ten years with no confirmation on whether or not the building would be replaced or if it was just going to be left abandoned.
 [[File:Celebration of the Completion of the New Burgesses Hall (1933).jpg|thumb|left|200px|Dedication of the new Burgesses' Hall, 1933.]]
-During the years that the Burgesses' Hall was left abandoned, an intense debate would emerge over what to do with the Capitolium; a sizeable amount of legislators called for the closure of the Capitolium and to just simply take the Residence of the Edifier as the new parliamentary building, and others wanted to leave the ruins standing as a monument to the fire. However, with the rampant chaos and instability throughout the confederation, none of these options were seriously pursued, and it would not be until 1922 when the ruins were finally demolished. The new President of the Forals, [[Fernan Pascual]], began to lay out plans to rebuild the Burgesses' Hall in a plan similar to the original, but it was to be larger and more austere-looking while remaining within the Gothic revival style; Pascual had hoped that the rebuilding of the Burgesses' Hall would help in restoring public morale and to represent Delepasia's national revival from the ruins of the chaos from the past several years. The original cornerstone, which was spared from destruction, was relaid by [[Augustine II of Delepasia|Emperor Augustine II]]. To prevent further fires, the frame of the new Burgesses' Hall was to be made from steel and much of the interior was to primarily use stonework; the floor plan was refined to make future evacuations easier. The first session to be held in the new Burgesses' Hall was in the new [[Congress of the Commons]] chamber in 1926, complete with a huge ceremony for such a major milestone. Public reaction was immensely supportive of the reconstruction efforts, and national pride would grow considerably. The construction of the Burgesses' Hall would be completed in 1933, but much of the interior stonework would take decades to complete, with the last stonework being finished in the year 2000. The dedication of the rebuilt Burgesses' Hall in 1933 is seen in historiography as the spiritual rebirth of Delepasia under the ''[[Estado Social (Castadilla)|Estado Social]]'' regime.
+During the years that the Burgesses' Hall was left abandoned, an intense debate would emerge over what to do with the Capitolium; a sizeable amount of legislators called for the closure of the Capitolium and to just simply take the Residence of the Edifier as the new parliamentary building, and others wanted to leave the ruins standing as a monument to the fire. However, with the rampant chaos and instability throughout the confederation, none of these options were seriously pursued, and it would not be until 1922 when the ruins were finally demolished. The new President of the Forals, [[Fernan Pascual]], began to lay out plans to rebuild the Burgesses' Hall in a plan similar to the original, but it was to be larger and more austere-looking while remaining within the Gothic revival style; Pascual had hoped that the rebuilding of the Burgesses' Hall would help in restoring public morale and to represent Delepasia's national revival from the ruins of the chaos from the past several years. The original cornerstone, which was spared from destruction, was relaid by [[Augustine II of Delepasia|Emperor Augustine II]]. To prevent further fires, the frame of the new Burgesses' Hall was to be made from steel and much of the interior was to primarily use stonework; the floor plan was refined to make future evacuations easier. The first session to be held in the new Burgesses' Hall was in the new [[Congress of the Commons]] chamber in 1926, complete with a huge ceremony for such a major milestone. Public reaction was immensely supportive of the reconstruction efforts, and national pride would grow considerably. The construction of the Burgesses' Hall would be completed in 1933, but much of the interior stonework would take decades to complete, with the last stonework being finished in the year 2000. The dedication of the rebuilt Burgesses' Hall in 1933 by [[Augustine III of Delepasia|Emperor Augustine III]] has been seen in historiography as the spiritual rebirth of Delepasia under the ''[[Estado Social (Castadilla)|Estado Social]]'' regime.
 ==Buildings of the Capitolium==

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