Most believe however that the hole in its roof is a testament to rome s warm climate.
Rome building with hole in roof.
The dome was the largest in the world for 1300 years and until today it remains the largest unsupported dome in the world.
Building with a hole in the roof.
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Scientists believe that the 2 000 year old pantheon in rome acts as a giant sundial a new study claims that the purpose of the 30ft wide hole in its roof was to direct a beam of light.
The hole in the dome is the only source of light yet the lighting in the facility is bright enough in the darker corners to not need a flash for your pictures to come out perfectly.
Mass is said daily in the church.
It is said that from this hole all wishes made are arrive easier to the god date of experience.
Mary and the martyrs.
Remaining at rome twelve days he pulled down everything that in ancient times had been made of metal for the ornament of the city to such an extent that he even stripped off the roof of the church of the blessed mary which at one time was called the pantheon and had been founded in honour of all the gods and was now by the consent of the former rulers the place of all the martyrs.
And the structure was later used as a fortress and castle by the popes due to its proximity to vatican city.
This is probably the oldest functioning building the city of rome.
And he took away from there the bronze tiles and sent them with all the other ornaments to constantinople.
The hole in the dome is the only source of light yet the lighting in the facility is bright enough in the darker corners to not need a flash for your pictures to come out perfectly.
An architectural masterpiece no one quite knows how they rendered such a large dome from concrete.
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A roman emperor gave the pantheon to the pope and the pope converted the building into a church.
Emperor hadrian commissioned the mausoleum as a resting place for himself and his family.
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A building that seems impossible to have been built and the oldest church in rome.
The hole in the roof was to let the smoke from the fires drift out of the building.
The pantheon is the best preserved ancient roman monument 4 the most fascinating part of the pantheon is its giant dome with its famous hole in the top the eye of the pantheon or oculus.
A must see point of rome with a circle hole on the roof top.
The building is now known as the church of st.
