Seeing the Pantheon for the first time in person was like a religious experience. Truly one of the most remarkable buildings in all the world.

I got full body shivers the moment I passed through the Pantheon's doors and saw the dome for the first time. Amazing that it still delivers the awe 1900 years later in an age of skyscrapers.

I love that the Romans have already perfected concrete, a material that feels like in was created just 100 years ago.

It's an amazing building that bears witness to what brilliant people the ancient Romans were. I'm glad I had a chance see this architectural wonder.

The Pantheon is one of those rare places that is just overwhelming and awe inspiring when you go there and see it, whether you know nothing about history, or even if you know a lot about the history of the building itself and are seeing it in person for the first time.

When I stood there for the first time under the dome,with the open sky above ,I just cried and cried!! We had drawn the perspectives of the tiles inside and, now ,seeing it for real for the 1st time,it was like a dream come true!!!❤❤❤❤❤

Great video, however two things that were not mentioned 1) That each year on Rome's birthdate (April 21st) at around 12:30 in the afternoon the sun shines through the oculus and directly through the front door. It happens only on that date. 2) That each year on the Pentecost, Rome's fire department drops tens of thousands of individual rose petals from the opening of the oculus.

incredible a building of 2000 years ago, intact

I wish I had Beth and Steven with me when I was in Rome

Underneath the large hole on the ceiling are two holes on the floor, I fell into the trap of tossing coins in there for good luck seen by others. I later learned these holes are drainage systems. So please people do not toss coins in the holes on the floor of the Pantheon.

I love the way you see the beauty in this ancient monument... Smart these people were...

You guys are such a great team! I have learned so much!

This is a great series! Very informative and great content! Bravo! 🇮🇹❤👍😊

That's all a very perfect translation with included all. The explanation about the object, the building process and the structural system. Thank you!

The might of Roma ....Magnifico .....

The Pantheon is a building in Rome, Italy, commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD) and rebuilt by the emperor Hadrian about 126 AD. The building is circular with a portico of large granite Corinthian columns (eight in the first rank and two groups of four behind) under a pediment. A rectangular vestibule links the porch to the rotunda, which is under a coffered concrete dome, with a central opening (oculus) to the sky. Almost two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon's dome is still the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome. The height to the oculus and the diameter of the interior circle are the same, 43.3 metres (142 ft). It is one of the best-preserved of all Ancient Roman buildings. It has been in continuous use throughout its history, and since the 7th century, the Pantheon has been used as a church dedicated to "St. Mary and the Martyrs" but informally known as "Santa Maria Rotonda". The square in front of the Pantheon is called Piazza della Rotonda.

I've been there. Awesome building. Great channel, by the way. Thanks for all the wonderful videos. I subscribed.

1:29 so no ones gonna be amazed that people are able to make a perfect monolith pillars back almost 2000 yrs ago? thats pretty unbelievable.

I experienced the Pantheon last night with very little knowledge going in. Videos/pics don't do it justice regarding its shear size. Good informative video, thanks!!

Amazing resume. Not boring at all like many other large videos!! Thank you!!

This describe about pantheon help me a lot to know about this roman amazing architecture

It wasn't til I visited Rome that I came to understand that the ground level rises over time, particularly when nature is allowed to reclaim an area. Plants and trees are made from water and air, and only a small amount of minerals from the soil, and as they grow and die the ground level rises.

It's amazing to think that the Pantheon shows us the evolution of civilization by the elevation of modern Rome's land.

Makes manifest the movement of the earth.

Great video. Thank you.

Excellente traduction française... Merci!

Until the Vandal sack of 455, there were gold tiles on the outer dome.

Thanks a lot! More ancient Roman monuments,please .

This is excellent thanks!

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This channel is awesome I knew this channel because of my professor so I also earn a lot of knowledge of art

i was in rome i have seen pantheton plaza san pietro fontana di trevi kathedral san pietro plaza espagne museums and churchs fantastic rome is beautiful city i love him

this video is really great, thnx.

Hadrian was a mad lad, truly based. I love his work.

Awesome video ❤

visited it last week ; astonishing palce

Thank you very much for this video. Has helped tremendously with an assessment.

A remarkable feat of architecture. Egypt will always have a mark and remnants within Rome. 🙏🏿 I often wonder whom actually built these ancient wonders.

IAM SO GLAD I SAW IT IN D LATE 80,S !!! BEAUTIFULL FEELING BEING INSIDE !!!!!!! N GREAT RESTAURANTS N TRATTORIAS !!!!!

I could feel here all the immortal spirits of dead souls. I was impressed also about the arhitecture

millions of people walk with their rough shoes on those ancient and well preserved roman marbles on the floor of the parthenon--and the italians have done nothing and dont do anything to prevent the serious wear and tear on the floor by so many shoes!!! it reminds one of the rampant neglect one sees in places like domus aurea and in fact, the town of pompeii. people just walk in and wonder around instead of walking paths being made above the floors for the pedestrians to stop this destructive process. thanks for showing that exact destructive process continue taking place under the feet of the tourist herds

Beautiful experience

When here a bit ago, I never knew what I was looking at but its interesting to see what I was actually standing in lol

I weep and the expression you give of this beauty

I was there when it rained!

Absolutely fantastic structure-- never will forget visiting The Pantheon

Love your analysis. Thank you.

I was searching for ap pantheon guide but this video is good

Hi, how did Roman experiments in concrete (in architecture) shape Greek architecture in the period when it was conquered by Rome?

Thanks

Very informative.. love the narration

Wow I want to go see it

Very interesting video..bravo!

I have been to Rome several times, but still have not been to the Pantheon. Next visit.

ARE YOU SERIOUS! CANT WAIT TO SEE IT!!

Great!

To the rest of history and the world, you're welcome. Signed, The Roman Empire

Ok. You HAVE to listen to this video at 0.5 speed. The speakers are so awesome at normal speed, but when you slow them down... OMG. Research has never been so fun.

The gilded rosettes have been melted and reshaped in the Bernini Baldacchino in St Peter, the Vatican, which is HORRIBLE! every time I think that the all that bronze was in the place where it belonged until the XVII century but then Bernini made his only unsuccessful piece of ecclesiastic furniture, depredating the Pantheon, I become pissed off. What a shame. What a loss. Lots of bronze though...

The concept has been replicated in many other buildings including the "Tempio di Possagno" -the greatest of neo-classical sculptors Antonio Canova financed this later building so close to my place of birth.The concept of the dome inspired Byzantine architecture and such churches as the Agia Sophia in Istanbul and Islamic structures like the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and you can even detect the fainter echoes in the Taj Mahal in India ad the churches in Moscow and other Russian cities.

The Romans perfected the arch and its use as a structural support and as a pleasant building component! This is seen all around the exterior of the Pantheon.

great video, very informative . p.s. i love the girls accent/voice in these videos, i could listen to her speak all day !

It shows that the ancient Roman building could survive till our days if ppl did not destroy it or steal the rocks and marble from it

Are the floors tiles the original ones?

In our textbook for my art history class/ we learned that the leading architecture was Jacques Germain Soufflot- and he wanted to integrate Roman architecture and French/Baroque Classism

I wanted to just lie down in the center and look up at the sky

My newest inevitable-to-view channel, thank you for the contents! absolutely fascinating!

there was an earlier structure referred to as the Pantheon and it was commissioned by Marcus Agrippa. The bricks in the main body of barrel have a stamp from the reign of Hadrian. if it had existed in it's current form during Augustus's reign it would have been a revolution, poets and historians would have raved openly about it as they did about other buildings of Augustus's time. We have plenty of evidence that it was built by Hadrian. The inscription is prove of the honor and respect that Agrippa was still held in more than a century after his death. He was the shit.

wait what's pantheon's new ult

Been here

Reminds me of the Capital Building in DC.

Yeah my history teacher led me here

I am waiting for you to do a video about Indian architecture!

I’m guessing since the elevation change, and other geological factors, the sun may have shined on the gods/statues ?

so the ceiling is just concrete, nothing within holding it up?

You all are proud of your greeco roman ancestor accomplishments that slaves built just like today god bless America.

Augustus Caesar built this in honor of his friend and General, Marcus Agrippa, who helped him become emperor (or excuse me...Imperator...Augustus tried to downplay himself lol). You can still see M. Agrippa on the outside writing over the Corinthian columns.

The Pantheon was built by Marcus Agrippa, a close associate of Augustus. It was remodeled later under the Emperor Hadrian.. Marcus Agrippa's original hand in construction is plainly stated on the pediment, for those who can read simple Latin.

Beautiful narrative

I have seen it, over a decade ago. It always made me a bit mad that the church used this building for it's own needs when it was built for the Gods of Rome. I feel the same way about Hagia Sophia which was originally an Orthodox church then made into a catholic church and then a Islamic mosque and finally a museum.

lol. Whenever I see Hadrian now, I think of that audacious lady giving him a hard time.. I'm not extremely interested in these ancient temples, but I do like the squares on the dome and the Corinthian capitals.

Thank you for the explanation. I heard that the Oculus is for smoke to escape, since they still sacrificed burning the whole Cow to their Gods inside that building. I figure it is almost like a chimney in an Indian Wigwam, that function as ventilation too.

Is the marble floor original or a Renaissance reconstruction?

Tomb of Raphael - did not know that...

From July 2023, it's no longer free to enter the Pantheon. Don't forget to also view the ruins of a Temple of Neptune that is adjoined to the back of the Pantheon.

Love the channel!

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www.panoramio.com/photo/121059678 ....Granite columns manufactured quarry for Rome. It has been put under more protection. Picture: spring 2015

Who built the Pantheon?

just doing my homeworks

Where is Pantheon ?

Little Correction, it was renovated by Hadrian, or rather rebuilt after it burned down due to a lightning strike. As it states on the front of the building, M·AGRIPPA·L·F·COS·TERTIVM·FECIT, which means Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, Consul for the third time, built this.

how could the concrete not get brittle after thousands of years. impossible? Look at our bridges and streets their done after 50 years

For those who don't know it was a place for worship for the pagan but was converted forcefully to a church by Pope Boniface

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Engineers today...😴😴😴😴

@smarhistory and khan academy I like your videos especially about the art and architecture. But I would love to see analyses of non western works as well instead of such a Eurocentric focus

Descriptions are really very informative! But why putting extra people noise? Thats annoying!

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