It has also been suggested that the roof opening helped cool the building during rome s blazing summers.
Round building in rome with hole in roof.
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And at least partially to let out smoke from candles lamps and torches you have to remember that at the time the pantheon was built the only forms of artificial light that existed were candles torches and oil lamps.
Emperor hadrian commissioned the mausoleum as a resting place for himself and his family.
Carved into a hollow sphere with a hole in its upper surface.
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Building with a hole in the roof.
The pantheon meaning to every god was commissioned as a temple to all the gods of ancient rome and.
The hole in the roof building.
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And the structure was later used as a fortress and castle by the popes due to its proximity to vatican city.
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.
Most believe however that the hole in its roof is a testament to rome s warm climate.
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.
Most believe however that the hole in its roof is a testament to rome s warm climate.
The pantheon meaning to every god was commissioned as a temple to all the gods of ancient rome and.
At the time of its construction between 123 139 ad it was the tallest building in rome.
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A building that seems impossible to have been built and the oldest church in rome.