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Construction and Behavior of the Pantheon - Engineering Rome

The first version, built by Emperor Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, was said to have been a T-shaped building, constructed around 27 BC and burned down in the fire of ...

The Pantheon (Rome) - Smarthistory

How was it designed and built? The Pantheon's basic design is simple and powerful. A portico with free-standing columns is attached to a domed rotunda. In ...

Pantheon ‑ Rome, Age & Dome | HISTORY

Made primarily from bricks and concrete, the Pantheon consists of three sections: a portico with granite columns, a massive domed rotunda and a ...

Pantheon, an architectural miracle - Eitch Borromini

The Pantheon as we know it today was built in 120 AD by Emperor Hadrian who was passionate with architecture and designed it together with Apollodorus of ...

The Imperfect Perfection Of The Pantheon In Rome

The diameter of the dome is exactly equal to the building's height from the floor to the top of the dome, a symmetrical design that creates an ...

The Pantheon (article) | Ancient Rome - Khan Academy

The inscription was taken at face value until 1892, when a well-documented interpretation of stamped bricks found in and around the building showed that the ...

The Pantheon by David Moore - Roman Concrete

The building was built entirely without steel reinforcing rods to resist tensile cracking, so necessary in concrete members, and for this concrete dome with a ...

History and curiosities I Pantheon in Rome

Traditionally it is believed that the present building is result of the radical reconstruction by Hadrian between 118 and 125 AD. It is the only ancient ...

CREATING THE PANTHEON - Design, Materials, and Construction

I have often had the benefit of discussing the building on site with the architect Randolph Martz and the architect and ar- chitectural historian Mark Wilson ...

Pantheon | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

Pantheon, building in Rome that was begun in 27 bc by the statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, probably as a building of the ordinary Classical temple type.

Pantheon Building In Rome - Roma Experience

Originally built by Emperor Agrippa and transformed by Emperor Hadrian, this iconic structure embodies centuries of history, culture, and engineering ...

The Influential Architecture of the Pantheon in Rome - ThoughtCo

The Pantheon portico or entryway is a symmetrical, classical design with three rows of Corinthian columns—eight in the front and two rows of ...

Pantheon – Exploring Architecture and Landscape Architecture

At the Pantheon, the interior cella walls are the same as the exterior walls of the building, creating a vast open interior space with a massive dome floating ...

The Pantheon: The Secrets & History Of The Roman Empire's Symbol

The ancient Roman building was a model for the dome of the Florence Cathedral, completed in 1436. The Brunelleschi cupola surpassed the ...

Guest post: How Hadrian helped rebuild the Pantheon

The development of new materials allowed the 43.3-meter dome to sit atop a brick and concrete structure with an almost impossible weightlessness ...

The Transformation of the Pantheon Preserves and Celebrates the ...

Often mentioned as the best-preserved building from ancient Rome, the Pantheon is a former temple in that has incredible historic and cultural significance.

Pantheon, Rome (Italy): History and Description. Dome and Oculus

The architect was probably Lucius Cocceius Auctus and the building was perhaps completed in 25 BCE. Excavations in the nineteenth century and from 1995 to 1997 ...

A Brief Architectural History of The Roman Pantheon

No other building has been referred to or echoed in architecture more than the Pantheon. Architects worldwide have extracted principles from ...

Creating the Pantheon. Design, Materials and Construction.

The essays in this volume shed light on all aspects of the Pantheon's creation, and establish the importance of the history of the building.

Pantheon, Rome - Wikipedia

The Pantheon 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 ...