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The Pantheon

118-128AD

Roman temple built by Marcus Agrippa

Rebuilt by Emperor Hadrian around 126 AD

Circular building with Corinthian portico

Key feature: oculus - the circular hole in the middle of the coffered, concrete dome - that allows a mesmerising disk of light to rotate around the inner dome (when the sun shines of course)

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Location: centre of the city, on west side of Via del Corso

The Pantheon dome is the world's largest un-reinforced concrete dome

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The height from the floor to the oculus and the diameter of the circular interior are the same: 43.3 metres or 142 ft.

Roman Buildings : Traditional architecture

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Building Images © adrian welch : available upon request: photos 2816x2112 pixels

Church just north of Pantheon:

Santa Maria Maddalena - St Mary Magdalen, Piazza di Maddalena
Façade - 1735: Giuseppe Sardi

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Buildings close by The Pantheon:

Santa Maria Sopra Minerva - to the southeast
Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
photograph © Adrian Welch

Santa Maria della Pace, northeast of Piazza Navona - to the west
Santa Maria della Pace
photograph © Adrian Welch



Gesù - Gesu church, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II - to the south
Gesu church
photograph © Adrian Welch

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