Virtual tour of the Pantheon
This free 3D virtual tour of the Pantheon in Rome goes through the monument in seven stops, from the porch and the bronze door to the rotunda, Raphael's tomb, the dome and the oculus. Each stop is explained below.
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Piazza della Rotonda
A church since 609
The Pantheon is the best preserved of the ancient classical buildings, as it became a church in 609. It is now the Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres, run jointly by the Ministry of Culture and the Diocese of Rome.
1. The porch
Sixteen granite columns
Sixteen Corinthian columns of grey and pink granite hold up the porch, the pronaos. The inscription on the pediment says that Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, built it when consul for the third time.
2. The bronze door
Over 7.5 m high
The doorway into the rotunda is over 7.5 m high and about 4.9 m wide. It closes with two bronze doors, each of them weighing 7 tons.
Photo: "Entrance to The Pantheon, Rome, Italy (Ank Kumar) 05" by Ank Kumar (CC BY-SA 4.0).
3. The rotunda
43.3 m across
The circular hall is 43.3 m in diameter and exactly as much in height. Its cylindrical wall, the Rotonda, is more than 6 m thick and carries the whole vault.
Photo: "Rome Pantheon interior panorama" by Nicholas Hartmann (CC BY-SA 4.0).
4. Chapels and aedicules
Seven chapels
Seven chapels, alternately rectangular and semicircular, open in the wall, with eight aedicules between them. Above them runs the attic, with a motif of windows made by Paolo Posi in 1757.
Photo: "Pantheon (Rome) - Interior 08" by John Samuel (CC BY-SA 4.0).
5. Raphael's tomb
Madonna del Sasso
Raphael chose the Pantheon for his burial; his remains lie at the foot of the Madonna del Sasso. His marble sarcophagus was a gift of Gregory XVI; the Latin epitaph is attributed to Pietro Bembo.
Photo: "The tomb of Raphael in the Pantheon in Rome, Italy (Ank Kumar) 02" by Ank Kumar (CC BY-SA 4.0).
7. The oculus
About 9 m across
The coffered dome ends in a circular opening about 9 m in diameter, open to the sky. At noon its ray of light falls on the axis of the door; rain drains through 22 holes in the floor.
Photo: "Oculus of the Pantheon1" by Matt Swern (CC BY 2.0).
Fountain of the Pantheon
Designed in 1575
Leonardo Sormani carved the fountain in the square to a 1575 design by Giacomo della Porta. In 1711 Pope Clement XI had the obelisk of Ramses II set on top, on a base by Filippo Barigioni.
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