Is the Pantheon older than the Colosseum?

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy A little older than The Pantheon, Rome's most famous classical ruin is unmissable – especially now that they have extended the visitor route to the underfloor passageways through which gladiators and wild beasts made their entrances.



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The Pantheon is the oldest building in the world that's still in use today. Since the 7th century, it has been a Roman Catholic church.

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The Parthenon was completed around the year 432 BCE, while the Colosseum was not completed until the year 80 CE. This makes a difference of roughly 510 years, give or take.

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The earliest masonry dome, the Pantheon, was so heavy that engineers carved intricate shapes, called coffers, along the walls to reduce the weight of the enormous structure. They also gouged a hole, called an oculus, at the top, which created a daily light show for which the Pantheon is still famous.

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The Parthenon pre-dates the Pantheon by about six centuries; it was built around 447-438 BCE, while the Pantheon was built in 126 CE.

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The Pantheon you see now is not the Original Pantheon. Although the facade of the monument bears the sign “Agrippa made this”, what you see today was NOT built by Agrippa, nor does it resemble what Agrippa built. This important fact always amazes our clients visiting the Pantheon on our Rome tours.

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A miracle in terms of ancient architecture, the Pantheon's dome is the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome. Still today, almost 2000 years after its construction, the breathtaking Pantheon is a remarkable building to see.

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Göbekli Tepe. Göbekli Tepe is an archaeological site of a temple in Southeastern Turkey and has been dated back to 9500 - 8000 BCE. This date was discovered by carbon dating old tools found during excavations. This building is in fact the oldest structure on earth that we have found to date.

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The oldest building standing in Rome is the temple of Hercules Victor and dates back to the second century BC and today represents the oldest building in Rome still standing. This temple is sometimes still referred to as the Temple of Vesta and the error is due to its circular shape which makes it similar […]

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While the Colosseum may date back some 1950 years, it's practically a new-build compared to the Pyramids of Giza, which are over twice as old, while Stonehenge is thought to have been built some 5000 years ago.

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The final difference between the two sacred spaces might be that Stonehenge has remained largely undisturbed in its structure since its creation from 3,200 to 1,500 BCE, while the Parthenon, built from 447 to 432 BCE, was actually built over a temple that previously been burned down by the Persian Army around 480 BCE ( ...

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Once a Roman temple, now a church, the building was completed by the emperor Hadrian around 126 AD. A miracle in terms of ancient architecture, the Pantheon's dome is the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome.

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