Pantheon

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The Pantheon is an ancient Roman temple in Rome renowned for its massive unreinforced concrete dome and oculus, and for being one of the best-preserved and most influential buildings of classical architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman temple
building
church
tourist attraction
alsoKnownAs Santa Maria ad Martyres
Santa Maria dei Martiri
architecturalStyle Ancient Roman architecture
city Rome
containsTombOf King Umberto I of Italy
King Vittorio Emanuele II of Italy
Queen Margherita of Savoy
Raphael
continent Europe
country Italy
currentDenomination Catholic church
currentName Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs
destroyedBy fire in AD 80
floorPattern geometric marble inlay
governingBody Italian Ministry of Culture
hasDomeDiameter about 43.3 metres
hasDomeSpan about 43.3 metres
hasFunction burial place
place of worship
tourist site
hasHeightToOculus about 43.3 metres
hasOculusDiameter about 8.9 metres
hasOculusFunction primary source of natural light
symbolic connection between temple and heavens
hasPorticoColumns 16 Corinthian columns
influenced Neoclassical architecture
Pantheon in Paris
linked to: Panthéon, Paris

Rotunda at the University of Virginia
U.S. Capitol dome
inscription M·AGRIPPA·L·F·COS·TERTIVM·FECIT
isOneOf best-preserved ancient Roman buildings
locatedIn Piazza della Rotonda
historic centre of Rome
location Rome
majorReconstructionDate c. AD 118–125
material Roman concrete
brick
marble
notableFeature central oculus
coffered concrete dome interior
massive unreinforced concrete dome
portico with Corinthian columns
oftenAttributedArchitect Apollodorus of Damascus
originalBuilder Marcus Agrippa
originalConstructionDate c. 27–25 BC
originallyDedicatedTo all the gods of ancient Rome
ownership Italian state
linked to: Italy
planType cylindrical rotunda with dome
rebuiltUnder Emperor Domitian
linked to: Domitian

Emperor Hadrian
linked to: Hadrian

Emperor Trajan
linked to: Trajan
rededicatedAsChurchIn AD 609
rededicatedBy Pope Boniface IV
rededicatedTo St. Mary and the Martyrs
linked to: Queen of Heaven
region Lazio
religiousAdministration Diocese of Rome
linked to: Holy See
roofType hemispherical dome

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Roman Empire notableBuilding Pantheon
Rome contains Pantheon
Hadrian notableWork Pantheon (Rome)
linked to: Pantheon
Palazzo Madama locatedNear Pantheon
Panthéon, Paris inspiredBy Pantheon, Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia burialPlace Pantheon, Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Corinthian order usedIn Pantheon in Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Piazza della Rotonda hasView Pantheon portico
linked to: Pantheon
Piazza della Rotonda hasPhotographicSubject Pantheon façade
linked to: Pantheon
Roman concrete usedInStructure Pantheon in Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Apollodorus of Damascus designed Pantheon (rebuilding under Trajan and Hadrian)
linked to: Pantheon
Pope Boniface IV convertedStructure Pantheon, Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Pope Boniface IV broughtRelicsTo Pantheon, Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Rotunda at the University of Virginia inspiredBy Pantheon in Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Santa Maria ad Martyres officialNameOf Pantheon in Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Umberto I of Italy burialPlace Pantheon, Rome
subject linked to: King Umberto I of Italy
linked to: Pantheon
Nerva–Antonine dynasty notableWork Pantheon (Hadrianic reconstruction)
linked to: Pantheon
Queen Margherita of Savoy placeOfBurial Pantheon, Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Campus Martius contains Pantheon
Carrara marble usedIn Pantheon (Rome)
linked to: Pantheon
Annibale Carracci burialPlace Pantheon, Rome
linked to: Pantheon
St. Hedwig's Cathedral inspiredBy Pantheon in Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Santa Maria della Rotonda locatedNear Pantheon
subject linked to: Santa Maria della Rotonda, Rome
Santa Maria della Rotonda nearbyLandmark Pantheon, Rome
subject linked to: Santa Maria della Rotonda, Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Piazza Colonna near Pantheon
The Rotunda inspiredBy Pantheon, Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Great Dome inspiredBy Pantheon, Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Church of St. Mary and the Martyrs alsoKnownAs Pantheon in Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs alsoKnownAs Pantheon in Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Umberto I of Italy burialPlace Pantheon, Rome
subject linked to: Umberto
linked to: Pantheon
Marble Saloon inspiredBy Pantheon in Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Regio IX contains Pantheon
Saepta Julia near Pantheon
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II near Pantheon area
linked to: Pantheon
rione Sant’Eustachio near Pantheon
Municipio I of Rome contains Pantheon
Giovanni Paolo Panini notableWork The Pantheon, Rome
linked to: Pantheon
Roman art hasMajorWork Pantheon decoration
linked to: Pantheon