architecture

Pantheon

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Pantheon [Italian]
Pantheum [Latin]
Πανθειον (Pantheion) [Ancient Greek]
Santa Maria ad Martyres [Italian]
Sancta Maria ad Martyres [Latin]
Basilica collegiata di Santa Maria ad Martyres [Italian]

Architecture

full/alternative names
Basilica St. Mary and the Martyrs
built
27-25 BCE
114-117
119-125
destroyed/demolished
80
110
culture
Roman, Italian
style/period
Ancient Roman
work type by function
Roman temple
125–609
Roman Catholic church
609
work type form/concept
circular plan (rotunda)
material
brick, Roman concrete, granite, marble
technique
masonry
patronage
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Trajan, Hadrian

Specifications

height
45.6 m
length
54.5 m
diameter
43.5 m
number cupolas
1
cupolas/domes
diameter (inner)
43.5 m

Geography

Europe » Southern Europe » Italy » Lazio » Metropolitan City of Rome Capital » Rome » Municipio Roma I » Pigna
local language location name
Roma, Italia [Italian]
historical affiliations
Roman Empire
125-476
Western Roman Empire
285-476
Kingdom of Italy (Odoacer)
476-493
Ostrogothic Kingdom
493-553
Byzantine Empire
553-754
Papal States
754-1809
Holy Roman Empire
800-924
Holy Roman Empire
962-1177
French Empire
1809-1814
Papal States
1814-1870

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
type
cultural
criteria
I, II, III, IV, VI
designation
extension
reference
91ter
Pantheon, interior
Pantheon, interior Rome, Lazio, Italy
Pantheon, Rotunda Square
Pantheon, Rotunda Square Rome, Lazio, Italy
Pantheon, southeast elevation
Pantheon, southeast elevation Rome, Lazio, Italy
Pantheon, detail of the portico
Pantheon, detail of the portico Rome, Lazio, Italy
Pantheon, main facade detail
Pantheon, main facade detail Rome, Lazio, Italy