I am doing a paper for school about the Pantheon in Rome, but I don't have a lot of anything yet! HELP!
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"Only in a city such as Rome could the Pantheon be considered quaint. Found in a city containing hundreds of opportunities to view overwhelming ruins, the Roman Pantheon slips dreamily into the landscape. Of all the great buildings constructed during the crest of the Roman Empire, only this one still stands. Seemingly impervious to time or destruction, the walls and dome of the Roman Pantheon rise from Piazza della Rotonda, and bath the square in a warm, protecting light."
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http://goeurope.about.com/od/rome/a/pantheon.htm
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The Pantheon (= the temple of all gods) was a pagan temple built by Emperor Hadrian in 126 AD and stands at the spot where legend has it that an eagle took the dead Romulus (founder of Rome) and took him to heaven as a god among gods. In the seventh century was converted into a church under the name "Santa Maria ad Martyres". For this reason it is the only building of ancient Rome to be come down to us practically intact. The dome has a diameter of 43.44 meters and this is the largest masonry dome in the entire history of architecture. There is a moat around the Pantheon. A curious Roman legend tells that a great magician named Pietro Bailardowho had used the services of the devil, at the end of his life he decided to repent and came to Rome to confess and take the Eucharist. But when he went outside the Pantheon he found the devil waiting for him to get what was due, then the magician threw nuts to the devil and ran back into the Pantheon. To anger the devil caught fire and sank to the underworld leave a moat around the church. According to others the devil before sinking nervously began to turn around the Pantheon, a long time to form a groove. Some of the Kings of Italy (from the unification of Italy until the end of World War II, Italy was a monarchy) are buried in the Pantheon.
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panteon is a greek temple with a dome, I visited it last week, it's a shabby building in the city center, not very interesting, around it you can find better attractions!!!
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Pantheon was builded in roman era ,it has 2000 years of story. actually it's a monumenti that houses the toombs members of italian monarchy (Savoia family).
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Nobody has said yet: - it has no windows, light comes in from a circular hole in the centre of the ceiling (obviously when it rains the inside gets wet) - its dome is the most ancient still standing in the world (it is perfectly preserved since 2,000 years ago) - the painter Raphael is also buried there
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