. Architecture, classic and early Christian . Tig. l.;j.—IUE Paniheos, lioiie. rotunda was most probably erected by Agrippa, the son-in-law of Augustus, in 27, and is a most remarkableInstance of clever construction at so early a date. The ROMAN. 167 diameter of the interior is 145 ft. 6 in., and the heightto the top of the dome is 147 ft. In addition to the en-trance, the walls are broken up by seven large niches, threeof which are semicircular on plan, and the others, alter-nating with them, rectangular. The Avails are divided i «M. flG. ISO.—The IANIllhoN. EXTEI
. Architecture, classic and early Christian . Tig. l.;j.—IUE Paniheos, lioiie. rotunda was most probably erected by Agrippa, the son-in-law of Augustus, in 27, and is a most remarkableInstance of clever construction at so early a date. The ROMAN. 167 diameter of the interior is 145 ft. 6 in., and the heightto the top of the dome is 147 ft. In addition to the en-trance, the walls are broken up by seven large niches, threeof which are semicircular on plan, and the others, alter-nating with them, rectangular. The Avails are divided i «M. flG. ISO.—The IANIllhoN. EXTEIUUE. into two stories by an entablature supported by columnsand pilasters; but although this is now cut throughby the arches of the niches, it is at least probable tliatoriginally this was not the case, and that the entablature 168 CLASSIC ARCHITECTURE. ran continuously round the Avail, as sliowu in Fig. 137,which is a restoration of the Pantheon by Adler. Aliovethe attic story rises the huge hemispherical dome, -wliichis pierced at its summit by a circular opening 27 ft. indiameter, through which a flood of light pours down and
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