Pantheon

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ancient Roman temple building church tourist attraction

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.

Aliases (7)

Pantheon, Rome ×6
Pantheon in Rome ×4
Pantheon (Rome) ×2
Pantheon (Hadrianic reconstruction) ×1
Pantheon (rebuilding under Trajan and Hadrian) ×1
Pantheon façade ×1
Pantheon portico ×1

Statements (61)

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 → 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 →
planType	cylindrical rotunda with dome →
rebuiltUnder	Emperor Domitian → Emperor Hadrian → Emperor Trajan →
rededicatedAsChurchIn	AD 609 →
rededicatedBy	Pope Boniface IV →
rededicatedTo	St. Mary and the Martyrs →
region	Lazio →
religiousAdministration	Diocese of Rome →
roofType	hemispherical dome →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Umberto I of Italy ("Pantheon, Rome") → Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia ("Pantheon, Rome") →	burialPlace
Campus Martius → Rome →	contains
Panthéon, Paris ("Pantheon, Rome") → Rotunda at the University of Virginia ("Pantheon in Rome") →	inspiredBy
Hadrian ("Pantheon (Rome)") → Nerva–Antonine dynasty ("Pantheon (Hadrianic reconstruction)") →	notableWork
Carrara marble ("Pantheon (Rome)") → Corinthian order ("Pantheon in Rome") →	usedIn
Santa Maria ad Martyres →	alsoKnownAs
Pope Boniface IV ("Pantheon, Rome") →	broughtRelicsTo
Pope Boniface IV ("Pantheon, Rome") →	convertedStructure
Apollodorus of Damascus ("Pantheon (rebuilding under Trajan and Hadrian)") →	designed
Piazza della Rotonda →	hasLandmark
Piazza della Rotonda ("Pantheon façade") →	hasPhotographicSubject
Piazza della Rotonda ("Pantheon portico") →	hasView
Piazza della Rotonda →	isInFrontOf
Palazzo Madama →	locatedNear
Piazza Navona →	nearbyAttraction
Roman Empire →	notableBuilding
Santa Maria ad Martyres ("Pantheon in Rome") →	officialNameOf
Queen Margherita of Savoy ("Pantheon, Rome") →	placeOfBurial
Roman concrete ("Pantheon in Rome") →	usedInStructure