A roman emperor gave the pantheon to the pope and the pope converted the building into a church.
Rome building with hole in roof.
Well worth a visit while in rome and only a short distance to trevi fountain.
Mary and the martyrs in rome italy on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by marcus agrippa during the reign of augustus 27 bc 14 ad.
Building with a hole in the roof.
The hole in the dome is the only source of light yet the lighting in the facility is bright enough in the darker corners to not need a flash for your pictures to come out perfectly.
This is a list of roman domes the romans were the first builders in the history of architecture to realize the potential of domes for the creation of large and well defined interior spaces.
Semi domes also became a favoured architectural element and were adopted as.
Most believe however that the hole in its roof is a testament to rome s warm climate.
There is no fee to enter the building and the courtyard outside is very nice.
Domes were introduced in a number of roman building types such as temples thermae palaces mausolea and later also churches.
April 2013 ask detroitcaribtraveler about pantheon.
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Considering when this building was constructed and the condition it is in today it is amazing.
This is a very simple building with a great history and a hole in the roof.
Emperor hadrian commissioned the mausoleum as a resting place for himself and his family.
Scientists believe that the 2 000 year old pantheon in rome acts as a giant sundial a new study claims that the purpose of the 30ft wide hole in its roof was to direct a beam of light.
At the time of its construction between 123 139 ad it was the tallest building in rome.
A building that seems impossible to have been built and the oldest church in rome.
A building that seems impossible to have been built and the oldest church in rome.
The hole in the dome is the only source of light yet the lighting in the facility is bright enough in the darker corners to not need a flash for your pictures to come out perfectly.
An architectural masterpiece no one quite knows how they rendered such a large dome from concrete.
Pantheum from greek πάνθειον pantheion temple of all the gods is a former roman temple now a catholic church basilica di santa maria ad martyres or basilica of st.
And the structure was later used as a fortress and castle by the popes due to its proximity to vatican city.
The hole in the roof was to let the smoke from the fires drift out of the building.
And at least partially to let out smoke from candles lamps and torches you have to remember that at the time the pantheon was built the only forms of artificial light that existed were candles torches and oil lamps.
