{"id":15195,"date":"2011-11-04T04:00:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=15195"},"modified":"2021-03-15T12:34:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:34:36","slug":"the-pantheon-and-the-piazza-della-rotonda-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15195","title":{"rendered":"The Pantheon and the Piazza della Rotonda in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pantheon in Rome, Italy was originally built by Agrippa and rebuilt by Hadrian in 126 AD. Its name derives from the idea that it was a temple to all the gods, but that conclusion is not certain. It was converted to a Christian church by Pope Boniface IV who dedicated it to St. Mary and the Martyrs. The Pantheon is still used as a Catholic church today.<\/p>\n<p>The Pantheon boasts the largest unreinforced concrete dome. A single opening in the center of the dome, the oculus, is the only opening for natural light in the structure. As the sun moves across the sky above the Pantheon, the light shining through the oculus travels like the beam of a powerful searchlight around the interior of the Pantheon.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the Pantheon, in Piazza della Rotonda, stands an obelisk that was originally constructed by Ramses II in Heliopolis. It is now crowned with a cross as well as the mountains and star of Pope Clement XI.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pantheon-Exterior.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15196\" title=\"The Pantheon\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pantheon-Exterior.jpg\" alt=\"The Pantheon\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pantheon-Exterior.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pantheon-Exterior-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Pantheon-Exterior-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Pantheon<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 The Pantheon (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 12 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oculus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15197\" title=\"The Oculus of the Pantheon\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oculus.jpg\" alt=\"The Oculus of the Pantheon\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oculus.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oculus-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oculus-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Oculus of the Pantheon<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 The Oculus of the Pantheon (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 12 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Light-from-the-Oculus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15198\" title=\"The Light from the Oculus\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Light-from-the-Oculus.jpg\" alt=\"The Light from the Oculus\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Light-from-the-Oculus.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Light-from-the-Oculus-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Light-from-the-Oculus-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Light from the Oculus<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 The Light from the Oculus (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 12 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Obelisk-Piazza-della-Rotonda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15199\" title=\"The Obelisk in the Piazza della Rotonda\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Obelisk-Piazza-della-Rotonda.jpg\" alt=\"The Obelisk in the Piazza della Rotonda\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Obelisk-Piazza-della-Rotonda.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Obelisk-Piazza-della-Rotonda-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Obelisk-Piazza-della-Rotonda-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Obelisk in the Piazza della Rotonda<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 The Obelisk in the Piazza della Rotonda (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 12 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pantheon in Rome, Italy was originally built by Agrippa and rebuilt by Hadrian in 126 AD. Its name derives from the idea that it was a temple to all the gods, but that conclusion is not certain. 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