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| Sebastian V. 24.02.2009 |
| Built in 27 BC by Marcus Agrippa in honour of Augustus, the Pantheon (in Greek "Temple of all the gods") in 80 AD by huge fire. The actual building dates from 126 AD, totally reconstructed during the reign of Emperor Hadrian and it is the most imposing and complete building surviving from antiquity. It is so because from 608 AD it was converted into a church and therefore cherished by pontiffs.
The building is composed by the pronaos (typical of the temples), a cylindrical wall, 6 metres thick and the dome wich is 43,30 metres high and wide. It`s vault is the biggest ever made of masonry, bigger even than St. Peter`s dome. In the center of the dome, is an opening (oculus), the Great Eye, 9.1 meters wide. Inside the Pantheon there are 3 very important tombs, those of Raphael Sanzio and of the Italian Kings Umberto I and Vittorio Emanuelle II. The inscription on the pronaos "M |
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