Pantheon

Rome, Italy

Freely accessible

Public space — no opening hours to check.

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Opening hours: Mo-Sa 08:30-19:15; Su 09:00-17:45
Services: Sa 17:00; Su 10:30
Admission: Ticketed
Wheelchair access: Accessible

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The Pantheon in Rome is an ancient Roman temple completed under the emperor Hadrian around AD 126, though it was re-inscribed with an earlier dedication from a predecessor built during Augustus's reign. Designed by Apollodorus of Damascus, the structure is perhaps the most architecturally influential rotunda ever built. Its distinctive form combines a conventional portico fronted by large granite Corinthian columns with a revolutionary circular domed chamber, or cella, constructed from Roman concrete. The coffered dome, which rises to a height of 43.3 metres and features a central opening (oculus) to the sky, remains the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome nearly two millennia after construction. Converted to a Catholic basilica in AD 609, the Pantheon is among the best-preserved Roman buildings surviving, largely due to its continuous use through the centuries. It has served as a powerful exemplar for classical revival architecture and has been repeatedly imitated by later architects seeking to recreate its harmonious marriage of classical temple front and engineering innovation.