 Guided tour of the Pantheon Rome. Online ticket purchase - Pantheon - Roma
Guided tour of the Pantheon Rome. Online ticket purchase: € 37 per person.
This ticket allows you to enter one of the major museums on the planet without queuingat the entrance. A representative will be waiting for you. out.
The Pantheon is a building dating back to the imperial era which
it is located in the historic center of Rome between Piazza Navona and the Fountain
of Trevi. It derives its name from the Greek Pántheon (Πάνθεων) which denotes
his dedication to all the gods.
On a 45-minute tour, you will learn the history and lesser-known facts about Ancient Rome's best-preserved monument and discover how the Basilica represented the expression of Rome's glory for over 2000 years. Learn how a Roman temple became the final resting place for artists and royal families and admire the immense dome, with a diameter of 43.30 metres, and its famous oculus, which allows natural light to illuminate the splendid interiors.
Together with the Colosseum and the Vittoriano, the Pantheon is a star
among the monuments visited by tourists in Rome; in 2014 the Pantheon
has seen almost seven million people enter through its monumental building
original doorthat is2000 years old.
Rate Guided tour of the Pantheon Rome
Price per person: € 37.
What does the Guided tour of the Pantheon Rome include
– Professional official guide.
– Guided tour of 45 minutes.
– Pantheon ticket not included of 5 euros. Shoulders and knees must be covered to access the Pantheon.
– Please bring a photo ID with you.
Duration of Guided tour of the Pantheon Rome
– 45 minutes during Pantheon opening hours.
Languages Guided tour of the Pantheon Rome
– English.
Meeting point Guided tour of the Pantheon Rome
– Piazza della Rotonda, 4 - Rome
Meet the guide next to the "L'Antica Salumeria" shop
Times and days of the Guided tour of the Pantheon in Rome
Meeting time: 10 minutes before.
By presenting the voucher upon arrival – smartphone vouchers accepted – at the representative you can start the tour.
Cancellation terms Guided tour of the Pantheon Rome
Receive a 100% refund by canceling your reservation up to 24 hours before the start of the activity.
The history of the Pantheon of Rome
Since its construction, the Pantheon has aroused enormous amazement
in the ancient world for its impressive size: the dome
of the Pantheon in fact it is was for a very long time the most
largest existing in the world; exactly from the moment of its construction
in the Roman imperial era until the construction of the dome of
Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence in the 15th century.
The columns of the facade support a pediment where there is space
the inscription which attributes to Marcus Agrippa, son-in-law of Augustus
and commander of the imperial army, the construction of the building;
however the construction of the current building dates back to the emperor
Hadrian (118 AD). The reason for this is lies in the fact that
the first Pantheon was built to Agrippa's design but was completely
destroyed by fire. The construction of a second building
under Domitian he had no greater success because the temple
it was destroyed by lightning. Finally under Hadrian the
the current project which quickly became an architectural example
unsurpassed throughout the ancient world and until the Renaissance.
Adriano's decision to relocate the original inscription on the
his project.
M•AGRIPPA•L•F•COS•TERTIVM•FECIT
significa per Marcus Agrippa, Lucii filius, consul tertium fecit.
Che significa Marco Agrippa, figlio di Lucio, console per la
terza volta lo edificò.Which bears the date of the first
project of the monument to 27 BC, the year of Mark's third consulate
Agrippa.
 View of the coffers of the internal dome
The construction of the current building began in 118 and lasted for about ten
years under the design guidance of Hadrian's architect Apollodoro
of Damascus; the same one who signed the Mercati project
Trajans. The brick stamps, trademarks of the
bricks, date back to the period between 115 and 127 AD
The Pantheon building suffered subsequently marginal interventions
of restoration with Antoninus Pius, successor of Hadrian, and with Septimius
Severus at the beginning of the 3rd century AD
The Pantheon was consecrated as a Christian basilica with the name Santa
Maria ad Martyres on 13 May 609 and for this reason we find it again
quite intact in its parts in the modern era; in fact have
consecrated the space to Catholic worship, he preserved it give her
spoliations carried out by the Popes of the Renaissance on ancient monuments
to obtain building material. The titration of the Pantheon
however he was unable to to protect the gilded bronze roof
which was removed in 663 at the behest of Constans II, emperor of the East
and replaced with a lead covering in the following century (735).
Starting from the 11th century the temple took the name of Santa Maria
della Rotonda, a toponym which later passed to the adjacent square.
Restored with Pope Eugene IV in the middle of the fifteenth century
Pantheon underwent then an initiative from another Pope:
Urban VIII Barberini in fact decided to remove it in 1625
all the bronze coverings of the pronaos to give Bernini the metal
necessary to create the famous canopy with twisted columns which
nowadays it stands out on the transept of St. Peter's Basilica.
A 17th century addition was that of two bell towers
sides of the facade. These, however, were found to be compromised
very much the original architectural appearance of the monument, so much so that
at the end of the nineteenth century it was decided to eliminate it.
Architecture of the Pantheon
The Pantheon has a north-south orientation with an oriented pronaos
to the north and circular cell to the south. The pronaos is octastyle in
facade with gray granite columns behind which there are others
two orders of four columns that divide the space into three. This
structure supports the pediment, at the base of which it finds space
the inscription of Agrippa, in whose tympanum statues were placed
of bronze dedicated to the gods.
 Annunciation by Melozzo from Forlì
Between the pronaos and the circular cell there is a brick forepart
which has the same height as the cylinder of the cell and thus overlooks the cell.
the pediment externally.
Passing through the large door you enter the circular cell which
it measures 21.72 meters in radius as well as the height of the cylindrical body
which supports the dome, the top of which it is located at
43.44 meters above the ground, the size of the diameter of the circular plant
of the building.
The floor has an inclination from the periphery towards the center
which allows the outflow of rainwater that enters through
the opening of the dome and disappears into the 22 holes made in the floor.
The perimeter of the cell has six openings which all have two columns
and are separated by stretches of polychrome marble wall that present
aedicules enclosed between two pilasters. Higher than this first order
of the internal cylinder there is a second order in opus sectile which underwent a remodeling in the eighteenth century which does not restore
the original appearance of Hadrian's time.
The enormous dome is internally divided into five
orders of twenty-eight coffers which have decreasing size
proceeding upwards where the measuring eye opening is located
8.92 meters in diameter. The creation of the drawers allows
the lightening of the dome which allows for enormous coverage
to stay up. For the same reason the materials used for
realize the vault are of decreasing specific weight going up towards
the top and also the thickness of the dome decreases towards the top
going from 5.90 meters below to 1.50 meters near the oculus.
Interior of the Pantheon in Rome
Important tombs like this one are found inside the Pantheon
of the great Renaissance painter Raphael or that of the first king
of Italy Vittorio Emanuele II, to whom he is dedicated too
the Victorian. Other noteworthy burials are those of painters
Annibale Carracci and Taddeo Zuccari, by the musician Arcangelo Corelli,
by the architect Baldassarre Peruzzi.
Inside the Pantheon you can also see the Annunciation
by Melozzo from Forlì in the first chapel to the right of the entrance
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