Seven Wonders - Rome | The Pantheon (Episode 5)

Episode 5: The Pantheon is one of the most famous buildings in the world. Thanks to its proportions, and the engineering with which it was built, it rightfully enters the history of architecture. A symbol of this is the dome with the oculus, the only opening through which light enters, which was the largest in history until Brunelleschi created the one in the Florence Cathedral. The architect was Apollodorus of Damascus, who in 118 AD. designed the Pantheon at the behest of the emperor Hadrian, who was also passionate about architecture, who wanted to build the temple following the destruction of the temple that Agrippa had built under the emperor Augustus.

The history of the Pantheon and the neighborhood in which it is located, the Campus Martius, links these two emperors through a fascinating scenographic use of sunlight. But the Pantheon is not only linked to ancient Rome, the church has a long Christian tradition thanks to which it escaped the destruction of pagan temples. In the Renaissance, the charm and fame of the building was increased by the choice of the divine Raffaello Sanzio to be buried right inside the Pantheon.

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