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Old Posted Sep 25, 2020, 1:52 AM
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Originally Posted by ChiSoxRox View Post
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.
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.
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