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Object/Work	Catalog Level: item Type:     temple     rotunda     church		Controlled list Authority
Classification	Terms:     architecture     Greek and Roman art		Controlled list
Titles or Names	Text: Pantheon     Preference: preferred Text: Santa Maria ad Martyres     Preference: alternate     Type: former Text: Santa Maria Rotunda     Preference: alternate     Type: former		Free text Controlled list
Creation	Creator Description: unknown Roman, for the Emperor Hadrian (Roman emperor and patron, 76 CE-138 CE, ruled 117-138)		Free text
	Identity: unknown Roman Role: architect Identity: Hadrian Role: patron		Authority Authority
	Creation Date: begun in 27 BCE, completely rebuilt 118/119-125/128 Earliest: 0118  Latest: 0128		Free text Controlled format
Measurements	Dimensions Description: dome: 43 m (interior diameter and height) (141 feet); oculus: 8.9 m (diameter) (29 feet 2 inches)		Free text
	Dimensions Qualifier: interior Dimensions Extent: dome Value: 43 Unit: m Type: height Value: 43 Unit: m Type: diameter Dimensions Extent: oculus Value: 8.9 Unit: m Type: diameter		Controlled format and Controlled lists
Materials and Techniques	Description: constructed of stone, brick, concrete, and aggregate material; the drum is strengthened by huge brick arches and piers set above one another inside the walls		Free text
	Material Names:          concrete          stone          brick          concrete          aggregate Technique Name:          rotunda		Authority
Subject Matter	Indexing Terms:     architecture     religion/mythology     worship     planetary     gods (Greek and Roman iconography)     Queen of Martyrs (Veneration of the Virgin Mary)		Authority
Descriptive Note	Text: The Pantheon was dedicated to the seven planetary gods in 128 CE. It was consecrated as a church in the early seventh century. It is the major surviving example of Roman concrete?vaulted architecture. It is composed of a domed rotunda attached to a columned entrance portico. Now free-standing, it was originally the focal point of a long, porticoed forecourt.		Free text
	Citations: Ward-Perkins, Roman Architecture (1977) Citations: MacDonald, The Pantheon (1976) Citations: Torres, Cenni sulla forma primitiva del Pantheon (1838)		Authority
Current Location	Repository Name/Geographic Location: Rome (Italy)		Authority
Image credits: Photograph of the Pantheon; Getty Research Institute, Resource Collections (Los Angeles, California), Special Collections. © The J. Paul Getty Trust. All Rights Reserved.