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    Rotunda Speeches

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    young, it was from the shower to my room. In high school, it was the football field during a homecoming pep rally. Now, in college, I can confidently say that all my hard work has paid off and I am prepared to take on my greatest feat of all: streaking the Lawn. As a swimmer, getting there and back as quickly as possible (all while minimally clothed) has always been of the utmost importance to me. At UVA it will be no different, as I have worked tirelessly up to this point and will, without a doubt, be the fastest streaker the school has ever seen. To streak the lawn, you must first undress under the newly renovated bright lights of the Rotunda. This is…

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    Jefferson's Vision

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    Assignment 3 Jefferson’s vision for the university of Virginia was for it to be separated from the church. The University itself has many different parts to its plan, and was meant to be very symmetrical. On the east and west end of the church there are dormitories that were used for housing the men who attended the University. Each set of dorms had a shower room and outhouse were attendants could shower, and go to the restroom. Along with the showers and dorms there were also dinning halls.…

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    similar. From the north, we can see the Rotunda as the focal point of the area. Each floor of the Rotunda serves different purposes; from the top, it serves as a library, lecture hall, as well as science laboratory. To the south of the Rotunda, we can find the lawn, which stretches from the Rotunda to the end of the complex. On the west and east side of the lawn, there are ten pavilions; the west side ones are odd numbered, while the eastern ones are even numbered. These pavilions serve as…

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    The Pantheon

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    designed the pantheon was the entrance portico, the circular dome rotunda, and to have a connection between both structures. The materials that were used to make the pantheon consisted of wet lime, volcanic ash, and pozzolana. Pozzolana cement was one of the strongest cement at that time and is a form of cement in which the romans were the first people to discover this form of material in which helped them later construct other buildings that are still standing up to this day. The pantheon was…

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    Pantheon Symbols

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    As a notable symbol of the Roman Empire, the Pantheon displays breakthrough architectural ideas, important historical events, and the people’s dedication to religion. The Pantheon has revolutionized modern architecture; its defining features, the dome, and Oculus can be seen in famous buildings all around the world, most evident in the White House, the Jefferson Memorial, and the University of Virginia Rotunda. The history and background of the Roman Empire influenced the physical architecture…

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    The history behind the Roman Pantheon can captivate, but the most engaging segment of the building has to be credited to the architecture. The Pantheon as it stands today allows us to look more in depth at the fascinating world of Roman architecture. It holds a lot of extraordinary details. An interesting detail of the building is the door made of bronze that is twenty feet in height. When you look at the Pantheon from the outside it may look like its shape is rectangular. The only part of the…

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    Pantheon Research Paper

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    regarded as one of the most iconic pieces of Roman architecture. Built without any steel rods, Pantheon withstood external influences in the past centuries and still stands as one of the best-preserved temples in Rome today, representing the pinnacle of Roman architecture. While the Pantheon’s structure consists mostly of two parts – a domed rotunda and a columnar porch – many of its other structural details demonstrate Roman architecture’s distinctive innovations and characteristics that keep…

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    Archeological excavations has found that the original Pantheon was destroyed except for the facade. It was then rebuild by Trajan after a fire destroyed the second building. It is currently being used for worship by the Catholic church. The front part of the Pantheon takes its cues from the Parthenon, but that's where the structural similarity ends, with the Pantheon hosting a large sphere dome called the Rotunda behind the Parthenon-like facade. An oculus, or an opening that allows the sun to…

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    that measures approximately 33.1 meters by 13.6 meters, and its columns measure 11.8 meters high (Cartwright). There are three rows of these columns, and all of them are parallel in reference with each other. The pediment found atop the portico is an obtuse triangle, and other triangles similar to it are placed in various locations in and on the Pantheon. The monstrous rectangular bronze doors that hide the rotunda are 12 meters in length and 7.5 meters in width. The rotunda itself is…

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    groin vault structures. From the orchestra, to the outside part of the coliseum, there are vertical lined up arches that form barrel vault,but beneath the circular seats are also barrel vaults. This underneath seats barrel vault are 80 in number. They cross the existing vaults from the orchestra, hence a groin vault is created. This explains why groin vaults are also called double barrel vault. In Greek, the word pantheon means all the gods. The meaning of this word led to the creation of…

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