1. The Pantheon

2. Pantheon or ΠΑΝΘΕΟΝ comes from 2 Greek words – παν = all – θεος = god temple to all the gods

3. -originally built by Marcus Agrippa in 27 B.C.E. -rebuilt by the Emperor Hadrian in 126 C.E.

6. -M·AGRIPPA·L·F·COS·TERTIVM·FECIT -standing for Latin: Marcus Agrippa, Lucii filius, consul tertium fecit -Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, Consul for the third time, built this

7. -converted to a church dedicated to St. Mary and the Martyrs in the 7 th century C.E.

9. South east view of the Pantheon from Piazza della Minerva

14. The building is circular with a portico of huge granite columns under a pediment opening into the rotunda A rotunda (from Latin rotundus) is any building with a circular ground plan, often covered by a dome

16. Under the Portico of the Pantheon

17. The rotunda is under a coffered, concrete dome, with a central opening (oculus) to the sky. Almost two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon's dome is still the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome. Oculus

18. oculus