The Pantheon Rome, Photos, Buildings, Historic Italian Architecture, Design

Pantheon Roma : Architettura Italia

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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) Location: centre of the city, on west side of Via del Corso The Pantheon dome is the world's largest un-reinforced concrete dome 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 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

photograph © Adrian Welch

Santa Maria della Pace, northeast of Piazza Navona - to the west

photograph © Adrian Welch



Gesù - Gesu church, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II - to the south

photograph © Adrian Welch

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