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    This is a list of Roman domes. The Romans were the first builders in the history of architecture to realize the potential of domes for the creation of...
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    lava domes and maars is far from the edge of any tectonic plate. Puy de Dôme was created by a Peléan eruption, some 10,700 years ago. Puy de Dôme is approximately...
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    extends back into prehistory. Domes were built in ancient Mesopotamia, and they have been found in Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, and Chinese architecture in...
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    so-called "Temple of Mercury" bath hall at Baiae. Nero introduced the dome into Roman palace architecture in the 1st century and such rooms served as state...
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    prominent example of these is the Pantheon dome, the world's largest and oldest unreinforced concrete dome. Roman concrete differs from modern concrete in...
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    constructed. It used new materials, particularly Roman concrete, and newer technologies such as the arch and the dome to make buildings that were typically strong...
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  • men's Greco-Roman 120 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul...
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    Temple of Mercury at Puy de Dôme is a Gallo-Roman trachyte temple built in the 2nd century at the summit of the lava dome. It replaced a 1st-century arkose...
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    The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Romans conquered most of this during the Republic, and...
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    expressed in ancient Roman units of measurement: The dome spans 150 Roman feet; the oculus is 30 Roman feet in diameter; the doorway is 40 Roman feet high. The...
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    Dome (Arabic: ٱَلْقُبَّة ٱلْخَضْرَاء‎, romanized: al-Qubbah al-Khaḍrāʾ, Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [al.ɡʊb.ba al.xadˤ.ra]) is a green-coloured dome...
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    Grupico states that domes and tent-canopies were also associated with the heavens in Ancient Persia and the Hellenistic-Roman world. A dome over a square base...
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  • List of tallest domes List of Roman domes Treasury of Atreus at Structurae Robert Mark, Paul Hutchinson: "On the Structure of the Roman Pantheon", Art...
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    The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: قبة الصخرة, romanized: Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḵra) is an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple...
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    The early domes of the Middle Ages, particularly in those areas recently under Byzantine control, were an extension of earlier Roman architecture. The...
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    highest lake in Auvergne. Volcanoes. Puy de Dôme. Puy du Sancy. Puy Pariou. The "Chaîne des Puys" in Puy-de-Dôme The average annual temperature is 12 °C (54 °F)...
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  • The Dome may refer to: Places: In the UK: The Dome, Edinburgh, an 1847 built Graeco-Roman style building in Edinburgh's New Town, Scotland The Dome Leisure...
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    Iron Dome (Hebrew: כִּפַּת בַּרְזֶל, romanized: Kippat Barzel) is an Israeli mobile all-weather air defense system, developed by Rafael Advanced Defense...
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    separate private royal chapel, now known as the Église du Dôme from its most striking feature. The Dome chapel was finished in 1706. François Mansart's second...
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    produced until the Roman Imperial period, and paintings at Pompeii show examples of them in the third style and later. Wooden domes may also have been...
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    inhabitants at the 2018 census. It is the prefecture (capital) of the Puy-de-Dôme département. Olivier Bianchi is its current mayor. Clermont-Ferrand sits...
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    rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained...
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    Constantinople were also buried there. History of Roman and Byzantine domes List of Roman domes Roman architecture Byzantine architecture Byzantine empire...
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    Ancient Rome (redirect from Ancient Roman)
    Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the...
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    Western Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire...
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    Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida (category Roman Catholic cathedrals in São Paulo (state))
    Basílica do Santuário Nacional de Nossa Senhora Aparecida) is a prominent Roman Catholic basilica in Aparecida, Brazil. It is dedicated to Our Lady Aparecida...
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    Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Brussels (category Roman Catholic churches in Brussels)
    nationale du Sacré-Cœur; Dutch: Nationale Basiliek van het Heilig-Hart) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and parish church in Brussels, Belgium. It is dedicated...
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  • ways to categorize domes: List of largest domes List of tallest domes List of domes in France List of Roman domes List of Ottoman domes This article includes...
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    The Roman Republic (Latin: Res publica Romana [ˈreːs ˈpuːblɪka roːˈmaːna]) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of...
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  • This is a list of domes in France. Hôpital de La Grave Wikimedia Commons has media related to Domes in France. List of Roman domes...
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