What year was the Pantheon destroyed?

The original Pantheon was destroyed in a fire around 80 A.D. It was rebuilt by Emperor Domitian, only to be burned down again in 110 A.D.



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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. Metz, France -- The Metz Cathedral or Cathedral of Saint Stephen celebrates its 800th anniversary this year.

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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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Discover amazing facts about the Panthéon, Paris' architectural answer to ancient Rome
  • A woman wasn't buried in the Panthéon until 1995. ...
  • Many prominent French writers have been buried in the Panthéon. ...
  • The Panthéon has one of the best views over Paris. ...
  • The Paris Panthéon is modelled after the one in Rome.


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The Byzantine Emperor Phocas (602-610), who became Emperor by killing the previous occupant, came to Rome in 608 from the East to check out the old country. He was unimpressed and gave the Pantheon to the Catholic Church for free, who owns it still to this day, on this basis.

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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the twelve Olympians are the major deities of the Greek pantheon, commonly considered to be Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus.

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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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A pantheon is the particular set of all gods of any individual polytheistic religion, mythology, or tradition.

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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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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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