PANTHEON

pantheon The building that lasts forever

27 B.C. 80 A.C.

The building was destroyed in a big fire, but directly restored by Domitianus.

110 A.C.

The building was struck by lightning during the reign of Trajan and destroyed. Hadrian starts the restoration.

125 A.C.

The pantheon, one of the oldest and still standing buildings in the world. For centuries the dome of the pantheon was the biggest in the world. How? By craftmanship and engineering skills way ahead of their time. The Romans constructed the dome in Roman concrete, adjusting its material composition along the full height of the dome. In the lower parts, a heavier material composition with basalt was used. In the higher part of the dome, lighter aggregates such as pumice were used. The oculus in the dome was created to let daylight enter and for natural ventilation.//

Lightweight High % of pumice

Cassettes, the Roman way of ensuring stability and at the same time limiting the amount of used material. Heavy High % of basalt

609 A.C.

Byzantine Emperor Phocas gives the temple to Pope Boniface IV. It becomes the Church of St. Mary and the Martyrs.

15th century

Michelangelo proclaims the Pantheon of “angelic and not human design.”

1996

The name of the building is used as the title of a very wonderful magazine in the Netherlands