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Catalog Level: item
Type:
temple
rotunda
church
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Classification
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Terms:
architecture
Greek and Roman
art
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Titles or Names
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Text: Pantheon
Preference: preferred
Text: Santa Maria ad Martyres
Preference: alternate
Type: former
Text: Santa Maria Rotunda
Preference: alternate
Type: former
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Creation
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Creator Description: unknown Roman,
for the Emperor Hadrian (Roman emperor and patron, 76
CE-138 CE, ruled 117-138)
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Identity: unknown Roman
Role: architect
Identity: Hadrian
Role: patron
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Creation Date:
begun in 27 BCE, completely rebuilt 118/119-125/128
Earliest:
0118 Latest:
0128
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Measurements
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Dimensions Description: dome: 43 m (interior
diameter and height) (141 feet); oculus: 8.9 m (diameter)
(29 feet 2 inches)
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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
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Materials and Techniques
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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
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Material Names:
concrete
stone
brick
concrete
aggregate
Technique Name:
rotunda
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Subject Matter
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Indexing Terms:
architecture
religion/mythology
worship
planetary
gods (Greek and Roman iconography)
Queen of Martyrs (Veneration of the
Virgin Mary)
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Descriptive Note
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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.
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Citations: Ward-Perkins, Roman Architecture
(1977)
Citations: MacDonald, The Pantheon (1976)
Citations: Torres, Cenni sulla forma
primitiva del Pantheon (1838)
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Current Location
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Repository Name/Geographic Location:
Rome (Italy)
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