ID: 700000158 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000158	Record Type: Built Work
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Pantheon (temple (building); unknown Ancient Roman, for the Emperor Hadrian (Roman empero...; begun in 27 BCE, completely re...)

Note: The Pantheon was dedicated to the seven planetary gods in 128 CE. It was consecrated as a church in the early seventh century. It is the major surviving example of Roman concrete vaulted architecture. It is composed of a domed rotunda attached to a columned entrance portico. Now free-standing, it was originally the focal point of a long, porticoed forecourt.

Titles:

Pantheon (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Santa Maria ad Martyres (C,U,FO,undetermined,U,U)

Santa Maria Rotunda (C,U,FO,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

temple (building) [300007595] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings)

rotunda (building) [300004842]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by form>, <single built works by form: massing or shape>)

church (building) [300007466]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Ancient Roman art

Creation Date: begun in 27 BCE, completely rebuilt 118/119-125/128

Creator Display:

unknown Ancient Roman, for the Emperor Hadrian (Roman emperor and patron, 76 CE-138 CE, ruled 117-138) [preferred,VP]

patron Hadrian, Emperor of Rome (Roman emperor, 76-138 CE) [500022200]

architect unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) [500202843]

Locations:

Roma [7000874] Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 41.8986°N 12.4768°E

Display Materials: constructed of stone, brick, concrete, and aggregate material; the drum is strengthened by huge brick arches and piers set above one another inside the walls

	concrete [300010737]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	stone (worked rock) [300011176]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

	brick (clay material) [300010463]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

	aggregate [300014704]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, additive (material))

	rotundas (buildings) [300004842]
	.......(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by form>, <single built works by form: massing or shape>)

Dimensions: dome: 43 m (interior diameter and height) (141 feet); oculus: 8.9 m (diameter) (29 feet 2 inches)

Cultures:

Roman (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

religion and mythology (purpose)

Specific Subjects:

	worship [300056005]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>, religious concepts) (AAT)

	Queen of Martyrs [901001456]
	.....((Themes surrounding the Virgin Mary, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Roman Planetary Gods [901002019]
	.....((Roman characters, Roman iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Related Works:

	depicted in .... Perspective Cutaway of the Pantheon, Viewed from the Northwest [700000165]
	..........architectural drawing (visual work); Giovanni Antonio Dosio (Italian, 1533-after 1609); 1565/1568; Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi (Florence, Firenze p...; 2509 A

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Pantheon	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
	........ Robertson, Handbook of Greek and Roman Architecture (1929)
Santa Maria ad Martyres	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
	........ Robertson, Handbook of Greek and Roman Architecture (1929)
Santa Maria Rotunda	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
	........ Robertson, Handbook of Greek and Roman Architecture (1929)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... CDWA online (1995-)
	..... Sear, Roman Architecture (1983) 170 ff.
	..... Boethius and Ward-Perkins, Etruscan and Roman Architecture (1970)