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The Pantheon in Rome.Largest dome in the world for more than 1,300 years. Oculus of the Pantheon. 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. [1]
The Pantheon (UK: / ˈ p æ n θ i ə n /, US: /-ɒ n /; [1] Latin: Pantheum, [nb 1] from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pantheion) '[temple] of all the gods') is a former Roman temple and, since AD 609, a Catholic church (Italian: Basilica Santa Maria ad Martyres or Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs) in Rome, Italy.
The rotunda with columns was revived in one of the most influential buildings in Renaissance architecture, the Tempietto in a courtyard of the church of San Pietro in Montorio in Rome. This was designed by Donato Bramante around 1502 in strongly classicizing style.
The Mausoleum of Hadrian, more often known as Castel Sant'Angelo (pronounced [kaˈstɛl sanˈtandʒelo]; Italian for 'Castle of the Holy Angel'), is a towering rotunda (cylindrical building) in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy.
early 20th century, eclectic architecture with slight neo-classical and Jewish influences: The biggest and main synagogue of Rome, it has provided a place of worship to the city's Jewish community since 1901-–1904, when the current eclectic edifice was constructed. Mosque: Mosque of Rome: 1990s, built in traditional middle-eastern Islamic style
While structurally sound, the three-level house needed a serious overhaul to be functional. It’s presumably 100 to 200 years old and was likely renovated once around the 1960s or ’70s.
In the city of Rome, at least 58 domes in 44 buildings are known to have been built before domed construction ended in the middle of the 5th century. [133] The last imperial domed mausoleum in the city was that of Emperor Honorius, built in 415 next to St. Peter's Basilica.
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