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Rome: The dome of the Pantheon

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Rome: The dome of the Pantheon
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  • Model: NIKON D70s
  • Exposure Time: 1/80 sec
  • Date/Time Original: 9/30/2007 8:24:40 PM
  • Flash: Flash did not fire
  • Focal Length: 18.0 mm
Built by Augustus' general Marcus Agrippa (who's name is incribed on the front) and rebuilt by Hadrian about a century later, it's a Catholic church today. It is immense and gives you a real appreciation of Roman Imperial engineering. The unsupported dome is 43 meters high. That hole in middle is six meters wide. It was cast in poured concrete which, apparently, the Romans were expert in.
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