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IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE AMERICAN LUXFER PRISM COMPANY TO ISSUE A SERIES OF PICTURES UNIFORM WITH THIS ONE, WHICH SHALL, WHEN COMPLETED, CONSTITUTE A GROUP OF WHAT IS GENERALLY CONCEDED TO BE THE GREAT ARCHITECTURAL WORK OF THE WORLD.

THE PANTHEON, ROME


THE PANTHEON, NOW DEDICATED AS THE CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA ROTONDA, COMPLETED BY AGRIPPA IN 27 B.C., AND CONSECRATED TO THE DIVINE ANCESTORS OF THE JULIAN FAMILY.
IT IS PRECEDED BY AN OCTASTYLE PEDIMENTED CORINTHIAN PORTICO, WITH TWO RANGES OF FOUR COLUMNS INSIDE.
THE PLAN IS CIRCULAR, WITH LARGE ALTERNATING RECTANGULAR AND SEMI-CIRCULAR NICHES, WHOSE ENTABLATURE IS UPHELD BY COLUMNS. THE INTERIOR DIAMETER IS 142½ FEET, AND THE HEIGHT TO THE APEX OF THE GREAT HEMISPHERICAL COFFERED DOME IS THE SAME. THE LIGHTING OF THE INTERIOR IS SOLELY FROM AN OPEN CIRCLE, 28 FEET IN DIAMETER, AT THE SUMMIT OF THE DOME. THE EFFECT OF THE INTERIOR IS UNIQUE AND HIGHLY IMPOSING. THE CONSTRUCTION IS OF CONCRETE, LIGHTLY FACED WITH BRICK, AND INCRUSTED (NOW ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN THE INTERIOR) WITH MARBLE.
THE DOME IS PRACTICALLY SOLID CONCRETE, THE FAMILIAR SYSTEM OF INSET ARCHES BEING MERELY ONE BRICK DEEP, AND HAVING SERVED AS A SCAFFOLDING DURING THE ERECTION. RAPHAEL, ANNIBALE PARACCI AND VICTOR EMANUEL II ARE BURIED IN THE PANTHEON.


THE ATTENTION OF ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS IS CALLED TO THE LUXFER CATALOGUE ON PAGES 516-521 SWEET'S INDEX. THE NECESSARY INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING SPECIFICATIONS FOR TRANSOM LIGHTS, CANOPY LIGHTS AND SIDEWALK LIGHTS SET IN REINFORCED CONCRETE WILL BE FOUND IN SWEET'S.

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