{"id":16,"date":"2010-08-29T19:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T02:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alanzeleznikar.com\/blog\/?p=16"},"modified":"2023-06-22T14:07:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T21:07:04","slug":"the-pantheon-in-rome-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alanzeleznikar.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/29\/the-pantheon-in-rome-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Rome: The Pantheon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In keeping with a previous post about another Rome monument, this entry will be about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatbuildings.com\/buildings\/Pantheon.html\">the Pantheon.<\/a> Built in the early 2nd century, designed by Hadrian and a temple dedicated to all the gods, the Pantheon is truly one of the great buildings of the world.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1024\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1024\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alanzeleznikar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/MG_0783_Rome_Italy_Pantheon_Lintel_Full_Moon_72_dpi_700_watermark_arzphotography-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rome, Italy's Pantheon under a full moon\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.alanzeleznikar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/MG_0783_Rome_Italy_Pantheon_Lintel_Full_Moon_72_dpi_700_watermark_arzphotography-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.alanzeleznikar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/MG_0783_Rome_Italy_Pantheon_Lintel_Full_Moon_72_dpi_700_watermark_arzphotography.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rome, Italy&#8217;s Pantheon under a full moon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alanzeleznikar.com\/photogallery\/index.php?album=Europe\/Rome#12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rome, Italy&#8217;s Pantheon under a full moon<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alanzeleznikar.com\/photography\/displayimage.php?album=4&amp;pid=312#top_display_media\">Rome, Italy&#8217;s Pantheon at midnight under a full moon.<\/a><\/div>\n<p>It is the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world; 43 m across and from the top of the drum to the ceiling center is also 43 m &#8211; a perfect hemisphere.<\/p>\n<p>It was preserved through Rome&#8217;s darkest hours; even the Popes knew this was a special building. It was dedicated as a Catholic church for all martyrs in the early 7th century.<\/p>\n<p>The bronze doors you walk through are the originals; nearly 2 000 years old.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1025\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1025\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alanzeleznikar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/MG_0924-_MG_0927_Rome_Italy_Pantheon_Interior_1_72_dpi_700_watermark_arzphotography-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"Rome Italy's Pantheon interior\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.alanzeleznikar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/MG_0924-_MG_0927_Rome_Italy_Pantheon_Interior_1_72_dpi_700_watermark_arzphotography-300x289.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.alanzeleznikar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/MG_0924-_MG_0927_Rome_Italy_Pantheon_Interior_1_72_dpi_700_watermark_arzphotography.jpg 622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rome Italy&#8217;s Pantheon interior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alanzeleznikar.com\/photogallery\/index.php?album=Europe\/Rome#27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rome, Italy&#8217;s Pantheon interior<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The columns in the portico are granite. The dome&#8217;s roof was obronze plates but a Barberini Pope had them removed and melted down to make the bronze baldacchino in New St Peter&#8217;s basilica in the Vatican.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1026\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1026\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alanzeleznikar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/MG_0689-_MG_0689_Rome_Italy_Pantheon_and_Motorcycle_72_dpi_700_watermark_arzphotography-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"Rome, Italy's Pantheon with Motorcycle\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.alanzeleznikar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/MG_0689-_MG_0689_Rome_Italy_Pantheon_and_Motorcycle_72_dpi_700_watermark_arzphotography-300x285.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.alanzeleznikar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/MG_0689-_MG_0689_Rome_Italy_Pantheon_and_Motorcycle_72_dpi_700_watermark_arzphotography.jpg 631w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rome, Italy&#8217;s Pantheon with Motorcycle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alanzeleznikar.com\/photogallery\/index.php?album=Europe\/Rome#2\">Rome, Italy&#8217;s Pantheon with Motorcycle<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Easily my favorite place in Rome, the Pantheon remains as beautiful and artful as it was the day it was completed.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In keeping with a previous post about another Rome monument, this entry will be about the Pantheon. Built in the early 2nd century, designed by Hadrian and a temple dedicated to all the gods, the Pantheon is truly one of the great buildings of the world. Rome, Italy&#8217;s Pantheon under a full moon Rome, Italy&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alanzeleznikar.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/29\/the-pantheon-in-rome-italy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The History of Rome: The Pantheon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,9],"tags":[47,97,96],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-italy","category-pantheon","category-rome","tag-itay","tag-pantheon","tag-rome"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Pantheon in Rome, 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