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Pantheon; Roman Pantheon Other Title(s) Pantheon; Roman Pantheon Title Pantheon Record Type copy image Type of Work Architecture; Ancient Architecture; Classical Architecture; Temple; Round Temple Measurements Dome base span: 142 ft (43.2 m); Oculus: 29 ft (8.7 m) diam.; Floor to oculus: 71 feet (22 m); Portico colonnade: 46 feet (14 m) high Material Concrete dome on masonry walls; veneers and floors of porphyry, granite and marble; exterior columns Egyptian granite; bronze doors; (formerly) bronze cladding on roof beams Technique concrete Architecture with stone facings Date 118-125 CE Location Italy; Rome Style High Empire Period 2nd c CE Culture Roman Subject Pantheon Description/Notes Begun 27 BCE by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. Rebuilt 118-126 CE by Emperor Hadrian. Largest clear span until Brunelleschi's dome for Florence Duomo (1420-36). Originally faced a rectilinear, colonnaded temple courtyard, now the irregularly shaped Piazza della Rotunda. Rededicated as a Christian church in 609 as Chiesa di Santa Maria de Rotunda or Chiesa di Santa Maria ad Martyres. See: http://www.crystalinks.com/romepantheon.html or http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Pantheon.html This view shows the differential between the modern street level and the 2nd century leve, up to perhaps 20 feet or more in some places. Remnants of veneers and decorations - engaged columns and moldings also visible. Rights - Deposited Image Charles K. Growdon and Marcia Cohn Growdon View South Side (Via della Palombella); detail of back of Rotunda UNR Accession # 06-MCG-0030-IT

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