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  2. Pantheon, Rome - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. History of Roman and Byzantine domes - Wikipedia

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    Its name, Pantheon, comes from the Greek for "all gods" but is unofficial, and it was not included in the list of temples restored by Hadrian in the Historia Augusta. Circular temples were small and rare, and Roman temples traditionally allowed for only one divinity per room. The Pantheon more resembles structures found in imperial palaces and ...

  4. Holy Ghost hole - Wikipedia

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    A Holy Ghost hole in the center of a fresco with a latticework covering and a dove figure, Parish church of Wiesing. A Holy Ghost hole, or Holy Spirit hole, is a circular opening in the ceiling of a church which symbolises the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. The openings are often used for liturgical performances.

  5. Tholos (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Facade of the Pantheon, Rome. By far the most famous roofed round Roman building is the Pantheon, Rome.However this sharply differs from other classical tholoi in that it is entered though a very large flat temple front with a projecting portico with three rows of columns, while the rest of the exterior is a blank wall without columns or windows, so the circular form is rather obscured from ...

  6. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    A circular opening in the center of a dome such as the one in the roof of the Pantheon in Rome or in a wall. Oillets Arrow slits in the walls of medieval fortifications, but more strictly applied to the round hole or circle with which the openings terminate.

  7. Dome - Wikipedia

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    The word "cupola" is another word for "dome", and is usually used for a small dome upon a roof or turret. [9] "Cupola" has also been used to describe the inner side of a dome. [10] [ab] The top of a dome is the "crown". The inner side of a dome is called the "intrados" and the outer side is called the "extrados". [11]

  8. Paul Maslansky, ‘Police Academy’ Producer, Dies at 91

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    Paul Maslansky, a producer behind films such as “Police Academy” and “Return to Oz,” died on Monday of natural causes at a hospital in Los Robles, Calif. He was 91. Maslansky collaborated ...

  9. Rotunda (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Cross-section of the Pantheon's rotunda. A rotunda (from Latin rotundus) is any roofed building with a circular ground plan, and sometimes covered by a dome.It may also refer to a round room within a building (a famous example being the one below the dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.).

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