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Pantheon (Rome)

Rome Pantheon front.jpg
Location Regione IX Circus Flaminius
Built in 118–128 AD (current building)
Built by/for Publius Aelius Hadrianus
Type of structure Roman temple
Related Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Hadrian, Apollodorus of Damascus
Pantheon is located in Rome
Pantheon
Pantheon
External video
Roma Pantheon 001.jpg
The Pantheon, Rome, (8:31) Smarthistory
Church of St. Mary and the Martyrs
Chiesa Santa Maria dei Martiri
Sancta Maria ad Martyres
Basic information
Location Rome, Italy
Geographic coordinates 41°53′55″N 12°28′36″E / 41.8986°N 12.4768°E / 41.8986; 12.4768Coordinates: 41°53′55″N 12°28′36″E / 41.8986°N 12.4768°E / 41.8986; 12.4768
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Year consecrated 13 May 609
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Minor basilica, Rectory church
Leadership Msgr. Daniele Micheletti
Website Official website
Architectural description
Architectural style Roman
Completed 126
Specifications
Direction of façade North
Length 84 metres (276 ft)
Width 58 metres (190 ft)
Height (max) 58 metres (190 ft)

The Pantheon (/ˈpænθiən/ or US /ˈpænθiɒn/;Latin: Pantheon, from Greek Πάνθειον Pantheion meaning "[temple] of every god") is a former Roman temple, now a church, in Rome, Italy, on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD). The present building was completed by the emperor Hadrian and probably dedicated about 126 AD. He retained Agrippa's original inscription, which has confused its date of construction as the original Pantheon burnt down so it is not certain when the present one was built.

The building is circular with a portico of large granite Corinthian columns (eight in the first rank and two groups of four behind) under a pediment. A rectangular vestibule links the porch to the rotunda, which is under a coffered concrete dome, with a central opening (oculus) to the sky. Almost two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon's dome is still the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome. The height to the oculus and the diameter of the interior circle are the same, 43.3 metres (142 ft).


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