Interestingly the analysis showed if a concrete 137 3 lb ft 3 2200 kg m 3 would have been used the stresses would have been 80 percent higher so the romans were knowledgeable and cautious.
Pantheon roof concrete.
Concrete can last a very long time.
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.
The most remarkable part the rotunda and dome is made of concrete that includes lightweight pumice as part of the aggregate.
A portico with granite columns a massive domed rotunda and a rectangular area connecting the.
Built in rome in the 2nd century ad the pantheon is a massive concrete building capped by an impressive 142.
The pantheon a 1 900 year old roman temple containing the world s largest free standing dome is made primarily of concrete volcanic rock and granite.
The pantheon is the best preserved ancient building in rome.
It burned in the great fire of 80 ad was rebuilt by emperor domitian but was struck by lightening and burned again in 110 ad.
Made primarily from bricks and concrete the pantheon consists of three sections.
The roof of the pantheon in rome is the world s largest unreinforced concrete dome.
The pantheon dome remains the single largest unreinforced concrete dome in the entire world the breathtaking dome of the pantheon at about 142 feet in diameter the pantheon s dome is bigger even than the dome 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.
In 609 a d the pantheon was the first pagan temple to be converted into a christian church.
The massive corinthian columns supporting the portico weigh 60 tons each.
The fact that the roman pantheon still stands is equal parts amazing and confusing.
The roman pantheon with its classical portico and domed roof became a model that influenced western architecture for 2 000 years.
The dome of the pantheon is the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world.
Most historians however claim that emperor marcus vipsanius agrippa built the first pantheon in 27 bc a rectilinear t shaped structure 144 feet by 66 feet 44m x 20m with masonry walls and a pitched timber roof.
It was completed in around 125ad by hadrian an emperor.