God, can you imagine experiencing this as a Roman? As if Jupiter himself was releasing his fury over the temple to remind the people of his immense power and might? How humbling it must have been. I get chills just thinking about it.
The pantheon has its own sewer sistem, if you look closely to the floor you can see the holes. Why covering it ? part of being open its what make it so special, birds can fly throwgh it. Even once in ancient times it snow, and the moonlight iluminated the snow flakes as they come down from the dome!
@@Prometeusz That's not the point, yes they could cover it easily, but part of the allure is the fact that the Pantheon is open to the elements. It's a brilliant structure that I am blown away still stands 2000 years later.
The opening is positioned so that at a sacred time of the Roman religious calendar, sunlight would illuminate the entrance door for the Pontifex Maximus.
Nothing today compares to the magnificent grandure that was Rome and the many magnificent cities that vied for second City of the empire. Their high quality concrete was used on a scale not seen since.
Hello, we are the staff of a Korean entertainment program. This is a program that tells history by traveling the country non-face-to-face at a time when you can't travel. I'm calling to get permission to use your RUclips video. Is it okay to use your video with the source in our program?
why would they, the patheon has a 2000 year old drainage system that still works, the water goes away, plus that is how the romans liked it so why change the original
+Gustavo Ramirez Yes. It was designed so that the rain would help to keep the building cool during the summer. Also it has drains to get rid of the water.
God, can you imagine experiencing this as a Roman? As if Jupiter himself was releasing his fury over the temple to remind the people of his immense power and might? How humbling it must have been. I get chills just thinking about it.
Inspired me to watch, funny, relatable, interesting, shows appreciation to video creator, informative, other… ✅✅✅
I would stay there for an hour and just listen to the rain
0:40 So beautiful transition!😍
The pantheon has its own sewer sistem, if you look closely to the floor you can see the holes.
Why covering it ? part of being open its what make it so special, birds can fly throwgh it. Even once in ancient times it snow, and the moonlight iluminated the snow flakes as they come down from the dome!
They can cover it with glass , making roof window ?
@@Prometeusz That's not the point, yes they could cover it easily, but part of the allure is the fact that the Pantheon is open to the elements. It's a brilliant structure that I am blown away still stands 2000 years later.
The opening is positioned so that at a sacred time of the Roman religious calendar, sunlight would illuminate the entrance door for the Pontifex Maximus.
Nothing today compares to the magnificent grandure that was Rome and the many magnificent cities that vied for second City of the empire. Their high quality concrete was used on a scale not seen since.
@Reinhard Von müsel That can be said for any situation. But, nothing can take away from the grandeur and magnificence of Rome.
@Reinhard Von müsel I find it very underrated. The more I have studied it the more I believe it has been underated.
Beatiful.
Good I am explaining in my project 👍👍👍
I can see ít now. Thanks for the film very much
Fantastic video! Too bad about the noisy tourists!
What happens to the water?
It flows down through the holes on the floor
Hello, we are the staff of a Korean entertainment program. This is a program that tells history by traveling the country non-face-to-face at a time when you can't travel. I'm calling to get permission to use your RUclips video. Is it okay to use your video with the source in our program?
That hole probably helps protect the dome from water damage
For crying out loud, you'd think that after 1900 years, someone would have figured out how to plug that darn hole in the roof !
why cant they put glass cover now?
why would they, the patheon has a 2000 year old drainage system that still works, the water goes away, plus that is how the romans liked it so why change the original
They can't. The oculus primarily serves as a way to reduce weight on the dome
They just let the rain hit the floor?
+Gustavo Ramirez Yes. It was designed so that the rain would help to keep the building cool during the summer. Also it has drains to get rid of the water.
+Esteban Zhang Ahh interesting! That's amazing.
So what happens when it snows or rains too much? They can't use the building anymore?
bruh this building has been alive for 1800+ years and what happens if such thing occurs is that they cover parts of it and thats it
@@Intranetusa it's the Mediterranean, it doesn't really rains like in the tropics and neither it snows like in Scandinavian
Why not just cover it with glass
Because the old Roman drainage system still working. Roma Docet :)
@@rvscitoold3816 Not only that its not meant to be covered.
I believe the Romans could have covered the opening with glass if the wanted but the didn't.
Horrible Film job