What tourists see as they relax in front in the piazza della rotonda is radically different than that original temple.
Floor plan pantheon dimensions.
Introduction in the year 27 bc the first pantheon was built by marco vipsanio agrippa general of emperor caesar augustus in the first century before christ.
A diagram showing the floor plan of the pantheon of rome completed in c.
The pantheon in rome is a true architectural wonder.
Pantheum from greek πάνθειον pantheion temple of all the gods is a former roman temple now a catholic church basilica di santa maria ad martyres or basilica of st.
The original pantheon was a rectangular temple built by marcus vipsanius agrippa son in law of augustus the first roman emperor as part of a district renewal plan in 27 25 bc.
125 ce under the reign of hadrian.
It was destroyed by a fire in the year 80.
Mary and the martyrs in rome italy on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by marcus agrippa during the reign of augustus 27 bc 14 ad.
It was completely rebuilt by the emperor hadrian sometime between ad 118 and 128 and some alterations were made in the early 3rd century.
The pantheon rome c.
Described as the sphinx of the campus martius referring to enigmas presented by its appearance and history and to the location in rome where it was built to visit it today is to be almost transported back to the roman empire itself.
Approximately at the end of the year 118 hadrian was ordered to build a new temple in the name.