The+Pantheon

= ​ 1. Questions (I wonder...?)=
 * Why didn't they record who the architect for this structure was?
 * How were the workers able to lift the heavy concrete with such limited technology?
 * Why did the architect put the oculus in the top of the temple?

= = =2. Inferences (I think that...because....)= = =
 * I think that the architect wanted to remain unknown, so he made sure that no one recorded his name.
 * I think the workers lifted the concrete with a series of very strong pulley and rope systems. 
 * I think the architect put the oculus at the top because he wanted the to be a lot of natural light coming in. As well as wanting the dot of light to act as a natural clock.

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= = =4. Summary= The Pantheon, in Rome, Italy, has been a standing work of art for centuries. Built in the eighteenth century, the artist Giovanni Paolo Panini painted the interior of the magnificent structure. The original Pantheon, built by Marcus Agrippa, was destroyed in a great fire in 80 AD. It was rebuilt in 125 AD, by Emperor Hadrian. In 609 AD the Byzantine emperor Phocas gave the portico to Pope Boniface the fourth. The pope took down all metal ornaments inside and turned the portico into a christian church. After a while the Pantheon started to serve as a tomb. King Vittorio Emanuele the second, and Umberto the first, as well as his wife, Margherita, are all buried there. The hole in the ceiling, or oculus, is call The Great Eye. The Great Eye is the only source of light in the Pantheon. The dome weighs 5,000 tons, and the concrete used is MUCH stronger than the concrete we use today. Without a frame, a building like that would have fallen down very quickly if modern concrete was used. We still don't know what mixture was used to make their strong concrete, but we know it was a good mixture because the structure has stood for centuries. So, as you can tell, this is a truly magnificent building that has been standing for a very long time and is still making people stare in awe when they visit Rome.

= = =5. References= http://www.romeguide.it/MONUM/ARCHEOL/pantheon/the_pantheon.htm