Pantheon, Rome

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The Pantheon (UK: , US: ; Latin: Pantheum, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pantheion) '[temple] of all the gods') is an ancient Polytheist temple in Rome, Italy, originally built under Roman emperor Augustus (27 BC–AD 14) and reconstructed under Hadrian (117–138). Since AD 609, it has served as the Roman Catholic Basilica of Saint Mary and the Holy Martyrs (Italian: Basilica di Santa Maria ad Martyres) with the special Pontifical privilege of immemorial status. The Pantheon was built on the site of an earlier temple, which had been commissioned by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa during the reign of Augustus. After the original burnt down, the present building was completed by the emperor Hadrian and probably dedicated c. AD 126. Its date of construction is uncertain, because Hadrian chose to re-inscribe the new temple with Agrippa's original date inscription from the older temple. The building is round in plan, except for the portico with large granite Corinthian columns (eight in the first rank...

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