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The Pantheon (/ˈpænθiən/ or US /ˈpænθiɒn/;Latin: Pantheon [pantʰewn]from Greek: Πάνθεον [ἱερόν] an adjective understood as [temple consecrated] to all gods) is a building in Rome Italy commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD) as a temple to all the gods of ancient Rome and rebuilt by the emperor Hadrian about 126 AD.The building is circular with a portico of large granite Corinthian columns (eight in the first rank and two groups of four behind) under a pediment.

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