The Roman temple to all the gods, rebuilt under Hadrian around AD 126, whose coffered concrete dome, 43 meters across and lit by a single open oculus, remained the largest dome in the world for more than thirteen centuries and is still the largest unreinforced concrete dome ever built. Continuously in use, it is the best preserved building of ancient Rome.
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Building Type Completed YearCirca; the rebuilding under Hadrian is conventionally dated to about AD 126. Height (m)Sourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account Building Type
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Additional Source The Pantheon (Wikipedia)
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Additional Source The Pantheon (Wikipedia)Lead section
Designed By
Why this is disputed. Later tradition credits Apollodorus with the Pantheon's design, but the ancient sources give no detailed evidence for his role, and modern scholarship also weighs a significant design role for Hadrian himself. Recorded as Status debated on that basis, not as settled attribution.
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Additional Source The Pantheon (Wikipedia)Apollodorus of Damascus, works and Pantheon attribution
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Uses Element
Still the largest unreinforced concrete dome ever built.
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
The portico stands on sixteen monolithic columns of Egyptian granite, shipped down the Nile and across the Mediterranean.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, located there.
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1. The Pantheon (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEntity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
The Roman temple to all the gods, rebuilt under Hadrian around AD 126, whose coffered concrete dome, 43 meters across and lit by a single open oculus, remained the largest dome in the world for more than thirteen centuries and is still the largest unreinforced concrete dome ever built. Continuously in use, it is the best preserved building of ancient Rome.
- Designed By: Apollodorus of Damascus, Apollodorus of Damascus, works and Pantheon attribution
Associated With: Villa Rotonda, Lead section
The Pantheon (UK: , US: ; Latin: Pantheum, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pantheion) '[temple] of all the gods') is an ancient temple in Rome, Italy, originally built under emperor Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) and reconstructed under Hadrian (117-138); since AD 609, it is a Catholic church called the Basilica of St.
- Associated With: Daylighting
View the Source 2. The Pantheon (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata height (P2048) statement: 43.3Quote, Wikidata height (P2048) statement: 43.3
Wikidata item Q99309, property P2048 (height): 43.3 m (converted to metres, preferred/normal rank, non-deprecated)
3. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.britannica.com/topic/Pantheon-building-Rome-Italy, dome description section
The Pantheon is remarkable for its size, its construction, and its design. Until modern times, the dome was the largest built, measuring about 142 feet (43 metres) in diameter and rising to a height of 71 feet (22 metres) above its base. There is no external evidence of brick arch support inside the dome, except in the lowest part.
- In Style: Roman Architecture
- Uses Element: Dome
- Uses Element: Concrete
View the Source Pantheon Rome Official Site
homepage, introductory description of the buildingQuote, homepage, introductory description of the building
The Pantheon in Rome stands as one of the best-preserved and most iconic monuments of Roman architecture.
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