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Originally Posted by ChiSoxRox
From a Eurocentric perspective, I will echo the Pantheon. A vast concrete dome, that still has an element of agility letting in natural light. My first instinct was Hagia Sophia, or maybe the Dome of the Rock -- but both buildings are part of a majestic domed lineage with roots in Hadrian's masterpiece.
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You don't have to be Eurocentric. The arch and the dome are utterly essential to modern architecture, around the world, but they were perfected in Rome.