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Pantheon, Rome
By Jacob Fowler Click to edit Master subtitle style

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Building of the structure

Built around 27 B.C.- 25 B.C.
Building took 3 years
1/3 for the rotunda 1/3 for the dome 1/3 for the Portico

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Construction
The concrete had a lot of time to cure and gain strength
Because of the long construction time

the 60 ton columns were made in Egypt Took 732 construction workers Material of the monument is still unknown, but is similar to

modern day concrete

142 feet in Diameter

The actual construction Same height as it is wide.

affected most all of rome during the time, since it was such a large build and took so many workers

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Structures Purpose
When 1st built it was Dedicated to the gods of all 7 planets

of that time.
609 AD, it was converted into the "Chiesa di Santa Maria

ad Martyres", a Catholic church

Pope Boniface IV

Then made into a tomb, which is what it remains to still be.

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History
Ancient
Rebuilt by Emperor Hadrian from 118 to 128 A.D. Stood through the destruction of Rome, when the Barbarians

flooded the city. Unlike many other monuments

Medieval
Pope Boniface IV converted it into a Christian church External sculptures destroyed from pillaging

Renaissance
Pope Urban VIII melted down every scrap of bronze located upon

the ceiling

Inspired many buildings of this time

Modern

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Architect, Designer, and Constructor Built by Agrippa

Also designed the Pont

de Gard Aqueduct Damascus

Architect Apollodorus of Rebuilt by Hadrian who

built it the exact same as Agrippas for Roman Tradition

Words at the front of the Portico translate to Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, in his third consulate, made it

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Architectural Style
Corinthian-style
columns

Great Eye- "Opens to the Sky"

represented by the hole at the top

of the dome, links Romans to the sun

3 key parts to Roman

architecture (all present)

Arch Concrete Vaults

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Unique Facts
the diameter of the dome equivalent to its distance from the

floor

The dome weighs about 4,535 metric tons

weight of the dome was greatly reduced by the sunken panels

known as the coffers also cement made from pumice and volcanic ash

each column weights about 60 tons Jefferson Memorial - Washington D.C. was a model of the

Pantheon
The area of the Pantheon can be told by the diameter,

since it was the same height as it was length. 142x142= 20,164 square feet, while Reliant Stadium is 1,900,000 square feet so almost 94 Pantheons can fit inside reliant