THE PANTHEON

PICTURE

CREATION

• Built in 27B.C. and rebuilt in 125A.D.
• Built out of concrete
• Designed by emperor Hadrian.
• Piazza della Rotonta, Rome

ARCHITECTURE

• 150 ft wide by 150 ft tall
• The architect is unknown
• Compromised of a series of intersecting arches
• When you approach it from the outside, it appears rectangular in shape
• Rotunda is completely round

FUN FACTS

• Pantheon means "honor all gods"
• Best-Preserved ancient Roman building
• Remains the single largest unrienforced concrete dome
• Pantheon today isnt the original Pantheon
• Tombs tell the story of a doomed engagement

MORE FUN FACTS

• Converted into the church of Santa Maria ad Martyres
• Burial place of several important Italians
• Remains an active church
• Popular place for weddings