THE INFLUENCIAL ARCHITECTURE OF
the PANTHEON
in ROME
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BY J AC K I E C R A V E N
The Pantheon in Rome has become a destination
not only for tourists and filmmakers, but also for
architects, designers, and artists from around
the world. It’s not the Pantheon’s facade facing
the Italian piazza that makes this architecture
iconic. It is the early experimentation with dome
construction that has made Rome’s Pantheon
important in architectural history. The portico
and dome combination has influenced Western
architectural design for centuries.
You may already know this building. From
Roman Holiday in 1953 to Angels and Demons
in 2009, films have featured the Pantheon as a
ready-made movie set.