Does the Pantheon use Doric columns?

The Designs Are Similar but Not the Same The structure is dominated by outer columns in Doric style that lean slightly inward to give the illusion of straight lines. The Pantheon's dominating design is its massive domed ceiling and rotunda. When it was built in the second century, it was the largest in the world.



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The Parthenon is what is known as a peripteral Doric temple in that columns are located not only in the front of the structure but along the sides as well. The Parthenon spans 228 x 101.4 feet with exterior Doric columns that are 6.2 feet in diameter and 34.1 feet tall.

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The Parthenon was designed and built in the Doric style, while also incorporating some Ionic elements. Doric architecture features fluted columns without bases, topped with simple capitals, or tops, that are rectangular.

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Why there are no straight lines in the Parthenon? In order for the temple to maintain a symmetrical and light appearance, straight lines weren't the best. The Greeks resorted to the Entasis, which is a very light curve voluntarily made on the central part of the shafts of the columns.

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Romans most often used Corinthian columns. However, Tuscan, Doric, and Ionic columns are also present throughout Rome. Corinthian columns are the most used within Roman temples along with Ionic.

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One of the largest temples ever built, the Parthenon had 46 outer columns and 23 inner columns – 8 columns at either end (octastyle) and 17 on the long sides.

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The Pantheon and the Parthenon are both ancient temples. While the Pantheon was built in Rome to celebrate all the Roman gods, the Parthenon was built in Ancient Greece for the goddess Athena.

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