Illustration of a 142-foot (43 m) Diameter Sphere Fits Inside the Pantheon
An illustration of how a 142-foot (43 m) diameter sphere fits comfortably inside the Pantheon. This is by design, Emperor Hadrian said it “should reproduce the likeness of the terrestrial globe and of the stellar sphere.”
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