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Night at the Pantheon (Explored)
20 Jan 2016 |
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Rome - The Pantheon
Pantheon, Rome
"The Pantheon . . . is a building in Rome, Italy, on the site of an earlier building commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD). The present building was completed by the emperor Hadrian and probably dedicated about 126 AD. He retained Agrippa's original inscription, which has confused its date of construction.
The building is circular with a portico of large granite Corinthian columns (eight in the first rank and two groups of four behind) under a pediment. A rectangular vestibule links the porch to the rotunda, which is under a coffered concrete dome, with a central opening (oculus) to the sky. Almost two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon's dome is still the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome. The height to the oculus and the diameter of the interior circle are the same, 43.3 metres (142 ft)"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon,_Rome
It is presently surrounded by restaurants and is a gathering spot both day and night for tourists and locals.
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