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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 structure remained unsurpassed until 1881 and stills holds the title of the largest unreinforced solid concrete dome in the world. [58] The Pantheon has exercised an immense influence on Western dome construction to this day. [59] The largest dome out of clay hollowware ever constructed is the caldarium of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome.
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The dome of the Pantheon, as a symbol of Rome and its monumental past, was particularly celebrated and imitated, although copied only loosely. Studied in detail from the early Renaissance on, it was an explicit point of reference for the dome of St. Peter's Basilica and inspired the construction of domed rotundas with temple-front porches ...
Dome of the Pantheon, inner view. 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. [11] Domes were introduced in a number of Roman building types such as temples, thermae, palaces, mausolea and later also churches.
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Rome is widely regarded as being the epicentre of Baroque architecture, and was profoundly influenced by the movement. Roman baroque architecture was widely based on Classical symmetry, but broke many of the architectural rules, creating a far richer and more elaborate style, preferring grandiosity and opulence rather than Renaissance ...