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.
Round building in rome with hole in roof.
In april of 1891 an enormous powder magazine explosion just outside the city rocked rome and damaged the ceiling artwork.
The hole in the top of the pantheon was to let in light and air.
The colosseum is one of the most recognisable structures in the whole world.
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.
An architectural masterpiece no one quite knows how they rendered such a large dome from concrete.
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.
Carved into a hollow sphere with a hole in its upper surface.
Originally known as the flavian amphitheatre because it was built during the flavian dynasty between 70 80ad it is the largest amphitheatre ever built and was modelled after the ancient teatro marcello.
It also collapsed part of the roof of the parliament building and sent.
An architectural masterpiece no one quite knows how they rendered such a large dome from concrete.
Most believe however that the hole in its roof is a testament to rome s warm climate.
And at least partially to let out smoke from candles lamps and torches you have to remember that at the time the pantheon was.
It has also been suggested that the roof opening helped cool the building during rome s blazing summers.
Most believe however that the hole in its roof is a testament to rome s warm climate.
The hole in the roof building.
A building that seems impossible to have been built and the oldest church in rome.