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The Pantheon, Rome, Italy

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jacqie on September 19, 2007

Patricia Santini said: The Pantheon of Agripa is a circular temple that was constructed at the beginning of the Roman Empire, dedicated to the Gods in fact, the word "pantheon" means temple of all the Gods. To the entrance, in the porch it is ***reflxed mng: "Agrippa Frame, son of Lucio, consul by third time, () constructed". Agrippa frame was general friend and of Augusto. The building was destroyed several times even by a fire and what we see at the moment it is what Adriano reconstructed and the project is attributed to Apolodoro of Damascus who was assassinated by Adriano (it assumes that by envies to its great work), but most impressive of this building is its ceiling vaulted with a celestial eye or hole of 8.9 meters of diameter that lets enter the light evidently and that also rain falls. When I saw it asks me that apoza in its interior passed with the water that when raining, but the Roman engineering of the so spectacular era that they even did a drainage to him. The pavement of the roundhouse is slightly convex, with the central part 30 cm. higher than the perimeter, so that the rain that between by óculo or hole of duomo flows towards the channel located in all the perimeter, is incredible and very beautiful the system which they occupied to lighten the weight of the ceiling is a separate subject and the truth is that it is used until now, but surprises that they could make great things with technology of that time and this work with no need takes IX to centuries of reforms or reinforcements. In the Renaissance it was used like seat of the Academy of the Virtuosos of Rome, is the tomb of the artist Rafael or Vognola and rest the rest of king Vitorio enmanuel II, his Humberto son and his wife Daisy which is in one of the chapels that there are in his interior. The expenses and conservation of the Pantheon are in charge of the Ministry of Cultural Goods of Italy and in 1980 Patrimony of the Humanity by UNESCO was declared next to the Historical Center of Rome.

Mordicus on October 11, 2007

Un beau clin d'oeil photographique ou l'art, et la lumière vont de pair.bravo!

matias Fogliacco on October 26, 2007

buena composición

Daniel Mitin on November 14, 2007

Sweet photo Rosina. Congratulations on "the most popular photo on panoramio"

rosina lamberti on November 18, 2007

thank u daniel :)

Italo Carè on November 20, 2007

Ottima foto !

Florian Eichhorn on November 24, 2007

Wow amazing lights rosina! Thanks for sharing. Yellow star :D

Cheers

Florian

Mayda Mason on November 27, 2007

great capture of the light!

priscilla on December 1, 2007

Great Shot Rosina!

DrDope on December 1, 2007

Great shot!!!

dullgrey on December 4, 2007

Good picture.

jeff_msn123 on December 8, 2007

Hello! Rosina

The light bean from round window forms a great photo. I give you yellow star and best of shot for this year. Thanks for sharing good picture.

Greetings from Hong Kong, Jeff

jeff_msn123 on December 20, 2007

Rosina

Merry X'mas

Cheers, Jeff

babaidano on December 23, 2007

Spettacolare!! Bravissima!!

fede_daf on December 26, 2007

hermosa imagen...te felicito!!! saludos desde Argentina

rosina lamberti on December 26, 2007

thank u fede-fad, its is an amzing place to visit, still waiting to get back there when it is raining, cheers have a great new year

joplin on December 28, 2007

And Happy New Year to You Rosina, from Roma!

Albert Codina on December 31, 2007

It's a stonishing image of the Roman Phanteon! This light seems that discovered a trasure. Very good!

Happy New Year! :)

Albert Codina

rav200 on December 31, 2007

very impressive, congratulations...

Happy New Year, Rosina :-)

Per Midjord on January 4, 2008

Super picture!!

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