Most believe however that the hole in its roof is a testament to rome s warm climate.
Round building in rome with hole in roof.
A building that seems impossible to have been built and the oldest church in rome.
An architectural masterpiece no one quite knows how they rendered such a large dome from concrete.
It has also been suggested that the roof opening helped cool the building during rome s blazing summers.
Originally known as the flavian amphitheatre because it was built during the flavian dynasty between 70 80ad it is the largest amphitheatre ever built and was modelled after the ancient teatro marcello.
The colosseum is one of the most recognisable structures in the whole world.
An architectural masterpiece no one quite knows how they rendered such a large dome from concrete.
Carved into a hollow sphere with a hole in its upper surface.
Pantheum from greek πάνθειον pantheion temple of all the gods is a former roman temple now a catholic church basilica di santa maria ad martyres or basilica of st.
Mary and the martyrs in rome italy on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by marcus agrippa during the reign of augustus 27 bc 14 ad.
It also collapsed part of the roof of the parliament building and sent.
In april of 1891 an enormous powder magazine explosion just outside the city rocked rome and damaged the ceiling artwork.
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Most believe however that the hole in its roof is a testament to rome s warm climate.
And at least partially to let out smoke from candles lamps and torches you have to remember that at the time the pantheon was.
The hole in the roof building.
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