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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. List of Roman domes - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. 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.).

  5. History of Roman and Byzantine domes - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. File:Pantheon section sphere.svg - Wikipedia

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    Panthéon (Rome) Usage on gl.wikipedia.org Panteón de Roma; Usage on he.wikipedia.org הפנתאון ברומא; Usage on hr.wikipedia.org Panteon u Rimu; Usage on hu.wikipedia.org Pantheon (Róma) Usage on id.wikipedia.org Pantheon, Roma; Usage on it.wikiversity.org Il cubo e la sfera (scuola media) Usage on pl.wikipedia.org Panteon w Rzymie

  8. Doors of the Roman Pantheon - Wikipedia

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    According to a plan by Giacomo Leoni, the width of the doorway is 16.6 feet (4.8 m) The Doors of the Roman Pantheon are the main entrance bronze doors to the rotunda of the Roman Pantheon . As a monument of applied arts , the exact date of their creation has remained open to speculation for centuries, with scholars attempting to determine the ...

  9. Architecture of Rome - Wikipedia

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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 ...