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added by smyru Feb. 18, 2017, 10:35 p.m.
What material was the dome of Rome Pantheon made from?
concrete
marble
sandstone
wood
The temple - 43 meter in diameter - was built by emperor Hadrian. Its dome with 8-meter wide oculus was built of unreinforced concrete that has been a mystery for ages. The weight of Roman concrete used to build the monolitic structure is merely 1/5 of common concrete. Such effect was achieved by mixing in of volcanic tuff and pumice.
smyru
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Correct this question
wikipedia → Pantheon, Rome#Rotunda
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Very interesting!
reach: rather globalarchitecturehistory of architecturehistory of ItalyRome

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