It is said that from this hole all wishes made are arrive easier to the god date of experience.
Pantheon rome hole in roof.
A must see point of rome with a circle hole on the roof top.
While modern day visitors to rome s pantheon must be satisfied with gazing up at the oculus from below as little as 40 years ago it was possible to stand on the roof of this millennia old monument and peer through god s eye from above.
And he took away from there the bronze tiles and sent them with all the other ornaments to constantinople.
The hole in the dome is the only source of light yet the lighting in the facility is bright enough in the darker corners to not need a flash for your pictures to come out perfectly.
The pantheon is the best preserved ancient roman monument 4 the most fascinating part of the pantheon is its giant dome with its famous hole in the top the eye of the pantheon or oculus.
An architectural masterpiece no one quite knows how they rendered such a large dome from concrete.
A building that seems impossible to have been built and the oldest church in rome.
Most believe however that the hole in its roof is a testament to rome s warm climate.
The pantheon is the best preserved ancient roman building in rome.
And at least partially to let out smoke from candles lamps and torches you have to remember that at the time the pantheon was.
Remaining at rome twelve days he pulled down everything that in ancient times had been made of metal for the ornament of the city to such an extent that he even stripped off the roof of the church of the blessed mary which at one time was called the pantheon and had been founded in honour of all the gods and was now by the consent of the former rulers the place of all the martyrs.
April 2013 ask detroitcaribtraveler about pantheon.
The hole in the top of the pantheon was to let in light and air.
November 2011 ask marothai about pantheon.
The dome was the largest in the world for 1300 years and until today it remains the largest unsupported dome in the world.