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Romans didn’t worship emperors as gods until after their death. The word “Pantheon” translates to "all-gods" or "all-worship."
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The original Pantheon built by Marcus Agrippa in 27-25 B.C. is unrecognizable today. Agrippa was a consul under Augustus.
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Apollodorus of Damascus may have designed the Pantheon, but Hadrian commissioned its renovations from A.D. 125 to 128.
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The Pantheon survived by being converted into a church in A.D. 609 after Christians claimed it was haunted by pagan ghosts
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Vittorio Emanuele unified Italy from 1861-1871. From the Casa Savoia family his legacy remains though noble titles are now unrecognized.
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Raphael is buried in the Pantheon beside Maria Bibbiena, not his love Margherita Lute who inspired his famous work La Fornarina.
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Hadrian rebuilt the Pantheon but kept Marcus Agrippa’s inscription. Agrippa was Augustus’s top general and original builder
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The Pantheon walls are 20 feet thick to support the dome's pressure. Inside, parts of the original thick brickwork are still visible.
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Pope Urban VIII removed bronze from the Pantheon in the 17th century to create Bernini’s Baldacchino in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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Each of the Pantheon’s columns is a single 48-foot stone piece, unlike other ancient columns, which were often built from stacked slabs.
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