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Music Guide to the Pantheon in Rome and Its Remarkable History, Architecture, and Artwork Fourteen hundreds of years after it was built, Michelangelo said that the Pantheon "will need to have been created by angels, not humans." Indeed, the Pantheon is one of the very most influential masterpieces of structures ever, anywhere. Having witnessed and withstood 2,000 years of record, it is testimony to the brilliance and endurance of European civilization. With its traditional portico and pediment in front, and the considerable dome soaring on the cylindrical sanctuary behind, the Pantheon is perhaps the most celebrated monument on the globe. It is unique in its grandeur, the genius of its building, and its status of preservation. With Jane guiding you through the Pantheon, you will be immersed in the mystery, meaning and the eternal concepts of this historical monument. You will learn:
- What part Anthony and Cleopatra played out in the annals of the Pantheon
- Why - for nearly 1,900 years - this 'temple to all the gods' was related to Agrippa (who died in 12 B.C.), when it was actually built by Emperor Hadrian, circa 127 A.D.
- How such a massive, un-reinforced, poured-concrete dome was built - a feat never completed before or since - and why there is a huge opening in the roof covering
- Why - while other structures of the Roman Empire disintegrated into ruins - the Pantheon continued to be standing
- How and why the wall membrane of the rotunda is so much higher outside than it is inside, and why we see windows externally but none of them on the interior
- How the Pantheon indicated the religious and cultural beliefs of the Roman people, what it signified 2,000 years back, and what it signifies now; and
- Why Raphael - an artist - was the first person to be buried in the Pantheon, and what archeologists found when his tomb was opened 300 years later.
