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Hidden Layers · Rome

The Dome That Should Not Stand

≈ 35 min41.899° N · 12.477° E

The Pantheon has the largest unreinforced concrete dome on Earth, and it was poured nineteen centuries ago by men with no steel, no formula and no second chance. A Roman builder walks you around, under and behind the building, from the inscription that lies to the elephant that carries a piece of Egypt. About 35 minutes, five stops, all free.

Route

Piazza della Rotonda → Piazza della Minerva

  1. 1Piazza della Rotonda41.8991, 12.4767
  2. 2Stop 241.8989, 12.4768
  3. 3Stop 341.8986, 12.4769
  4. 4Stop 441.8986, 12.4766
  5. 5Piazza della Minerva41.8980, 12.4776

Free during launch

  • #Engineering
  • #Wonder
  • #Architecture
  • #Secrets

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