| Transcript |
| · | Introduction |
| 0:00 | · | [Music] |
| 0:01 | · | today we're going on an epic adventure |
| 0:03 | · | to a place you've never been before the |
| 0:06 | · | secret rooms of the |
| 0:09 | · | pantheon pass by this Piaza several |
| 0:11 | · | times a day this is the Piaza the Ronda |
| 0:15 | · | and of course everyone loves the |
| 0:16 | · | pantheon love to jump inside all the |
| 0:18 | · | time but this is also a local |
| 0:20 | · | neighborhood down the corner here is one |
| 0:22 | · | of my favorite coffee shops which is |
| 0:25 | · | sakio this is a place teaming with |
| 0:27 | · | history this is a place teaming with |
| 0:30 | · | local community and this is part of my |
| 0:32 | · | neighborhood i' like to share that with |
| 0:34 | · | you as we go around and explore ancient |
| 0:37 | · | Rome hey it's Darius Arya archaeologist |
| 0:40 | · | standing in front of a structure you |
| 0:42 | · | know really well it's the pantheon it's |
| 0:43 | · | the best preserved Temple from ancient |
| 0:45 | · | Roman times everyone knows this famous |
| 0:48 | · | Portico or front porch and behind it the |
| 0:52 | · | amazing rotunda with a largest |
| 0:55 | · | unreinforced concrete Dome weighing |
| 0:57 | · | about 5,000 tons but did you know that |
| 1:01 | · | there are secret spaces hidden places |
| 1:04 | · | within the pantheon today I'm going to |
| 1:06 | · | take you to the secret rooms of the |
| 1:08 | · | pantheon you've probably never seen |
| 1:11 | · | before let's go explore let's take a |
| 1:13 | · | look at this plan to understand the |
| · | Pantheon's secret rooms (the grottoes- grottoni)- floor plan; grottoni rooms and Basilica of Neptune: engineering necessities of Pantheon |
| 1:16 | · | basic components of the panth that we'll |
| 1:17 | · | talk about today there's the porch on |
| 1:19 | · | the right there's the Rotunda in the |
| 1:21 | · | center and then we have highlighted in |
| 1:23 | · | red that special new area that's |
| 1:25 | · | constructed to sustain the Rotunda known |
| 1:28 | · | as the groni those those are the rooms |
| 1:30 | · | we're going to be exploring and next to |
| 1:32 | · | it further south is the remains of this |
| 1:35 | · | massive Hall known as the pilica of |
| 1:38 | · | Neptune and you can see from the cross |
| 1:41 | · | hatch marks the three X's represent then |
| 1:44 | · | a large vated ceiling that extended for |
| 1:48 | · | a very large area so with this |
| 1:50 | · | reconstructed model we can see there |
| 1:52 | · | were ton of the pantheon in the distance |
| 1:54 | · | and what's right behind it that large |
| 1:56 | · | Hall the Basilica of Neptune was quite m |
| 1:59 | · | massive so behind the retunda there's |
| 2:02 | · | another structure look at this huge |
| 2:04 | · | brick rectangular structure buding up |
| 2:08 | · | against the southern side of the Rotunda |
| 2:10 | · | of the pantheon what's it for it's not a |
| 2:14 | · | hall for receiving people instead it's |
| 2:17 | · | structural in the Renaissance times it |
| 2:20 | · | becomes known as the gron because there |
| 2:22 | · | a series of grot likee structures |
| 2:24 | · | they're radio walls that are buttressing |
| 2:26 | · | up the southern side of the retunda the |
| 2:29 | · | pan on and then encased in this nice |
| 2:32 | · | brick structure so it's functional it's |
| 2:35 | · | structural but it's not something for |
| 2:37 | · | the public to access I'm going to take |
| 2:39 | · | you inside we're going to explore the |
| 2:41 | · | secret rooms of the pantheon not |
| 2:44 | · | normally open to the public we can |
| 2:46 | · | explore that history that little known |
| 2:48 | · | aspect of the |
| 2:52 | · | pantheon the structure behind me is the |
| 2:55 | · | Basilica of Neptune it's only one |
| 2:57 | · | portion of it with a Monumental app |
| 3:00 | · | but the structure was enormous and |
| 3:02 | · | stretched on and is underneath this |
| 3:05 | · | building over here so you have a large |
| 3:07 | · | Hall this is the Basilica or the |
| 3:10 | · | tribunal Hall rebuilt after the fire of |
| 3:13 | · | 110 this is going to be attributed |
| 3:15 | · | ultimately to hadrien but originally |
| 3:19 | · | there was the Stow of Neptune here in |
| 3:21 | · | the time of Augustus built by agria now |
| 3:25 | · | if we |
| 3:26 | · | look at this as the back wall of the |
| 3:30 | · | Basilica of Neptune what's behind it is |
| 3:33 | · | that structure known as the Graton |
| 3:35 | · | that's where we have those radial walls |
| 3:37 | · | that are buttressing up the uh southern |
| 3:40 | · | end of the Rotunda and what's up on top |
| 3:42 | · | of it we can see two projecting flying |
| 3:47 | · | buttresses so they're really concerned |
| 3:50 | · | as they're rebuilding the trenic |
| 3:52 | · | hadrianic pantheon they're concerned |
| 3:55 | · | with its stabilization they don't just |
| 3:57 | · | build the reton structure which we're |
| 3:59 | · | going to go inside and investigate but |
| 4:02 | · | they also put on top flying buttresses |
| 4:05 | · | that projected forward and connected to |
| 4:08 | · | the full height of this Basilica of |
| 4:12 | · | Neptune so let's step inside and one of |
| · | Tour of the grottoni rooms |
| 4:15 | · | the first amazing things that we'll see |
| 4:17 | · | is the 7th Century icon that was |
| 4:20 | · | dedicated by Pope bonfice IV dedicated |
| 4:23 | · | to the mother of God panaga hria the all |
| 4:28 | · | holy director we can pass through here |
| 4:30 | · | behind this curved wall That's the |
| 4:32 | · | curved apps wall of the Basilica of |
| 4:35 | · | Neptune we can make our way through |
| 4:37 | · | these irregular spaces remember this is |
| 4:39 | · | just a structural phenomenon this isn't |
| 4:41 | · | a place for the public to visit and we |
| 4:43 | · | can Ascend the stairs to go up to the |
| 4:46 | · | second floor and we can just see already |
| 4:50 | · | how massive the greton structures |
| 4:53 | · | actually |
| 4:55 | · | are and now we see the full height and |
| 4:58 | · | the large volumes in the vaulted ceiling |
| 5:00 | · | where at the top on the left ear we can |
| 5:02 | · | see the top of the apps of the Basilica |
| 5:04 | · | of Neptune we have these spaces |
| 5:06 | · | decorated with many architectural |
| 5:07 | · | features of the pantheon as we'll |
| 5:10 | · | explore and it really is an incredible |
| 5:13 | · | opportunity that sometimes the ministry |
| 5:15 | · | opens up these spaces to the public so |
| 5:18 | · | looking around here we see plenty of |
| 5:21 | · | relieving arches that are inserted in |
| 5:23 | · | the fabric of the walls so we want to |
| 5:25 | · | always think about these huge massive |
| 5:28 | · | walls with openings this case the apps |
| 5:31 | · | so you need to sustain the weight from |
| 5:33 | · | above just taking a |
| 5:35 | · | walk behind the pantheon rotunda this is |
| 5:40 | · | the famous |
| 5:41 | · | gron there's an exhibition here it's |
| 5:44 | · | temporary but to be in these spaces |
| 5:47 | · | you're getting a much better idea of the |
| 5:50 | · | engineering |
| 5:52 | · | behind the construction of the pantheon |
| 5:55 | · | it's so much more than retunda and the |
| 5:56 | · | porch this is the back side that's been |
| 5:58 | · | forgotten this is the backside has been |
| 6:00 | · | neglected this is the part of the |
| 6:03 | · | pantheon that ensured that very rotunda |
| 6:06 | · | did not collapse it's considered to be |
| 6:08 | · | an add-on it's considered to be |
| 6:11 | · | secondary in the |
| 6:13 | · | plan but due to cracks in the uh |
| 6:18 | · | cylinder of the pantheon this back end |
| 6:21 | · | was added basically wedged in between |
| 6:24 | · | the pantheon runda and the so-called |
| 6:27 | · | basilic of Neptune what a spectacular |
| 6:29 | · | add-on never accessible to the public |
| 6:32 | · | it's an extraordinary visit it's an |
| 6:33 | · | extraordinary opportunity to delve in to |
| 6:36 | · | the pantheon this is one of the great |
| 6:38 | · | secrets that you never see one of the |
| 6:41 | · | great aspects of visiting the Craton |
| · | Pantheon brickstamps and Basilica of Neptune decorations |
| 6:43 | · | spaces is that we can see this great |
| 6:46 | · | cataloging brick tiles have the stamps |
| 6:48 | · | that help us date the pantheon to the |
| 6:50 | · | times of hrin and |
| 6:53 | · | trun and it really is just an incredible |
| 6:56 | · | space to walk through to be impressed by |
| 6:59 | · | this incredible architecture all |
| 7:02 | · | original brick-faced walls and vated |
| 7:06 | · | ceilings you don't only have the area of |
| 7:09 | · | the Groton this series of structures |
| 7:12 | · | here that act to brace the Rotunda from |
| 7:16 | · | the south of the retunda we're actually |
| 7:18 | · | in a in a an obscure space between uh |
| 7:21 | · | the retunda of the pantheon and the |
| 7:24 | · | so-called Basilica of Neptune and in |
| 7:27 | · | fact right here they have all these |
| 7:29 | · | incredible panels now some of them in |
| 7:32 | · | Marble Daye of the time of hadrin still |
| 7:35 | · | decorate part of the Interior Space of |
| 7:38 | · | the basilic of Neptune that you can see |
| 7:40 | · | today but there's so much more that's on |
| 7:44 | · | display and preserved so you think about |
| 7:45 | · | this space today is used for exhibitions |
| 7:49 | · | but it's also a museum it's also got |
| 7:52 | · | some of this incredible engineering that |
| 7:54 | · | dates the time of trun and hadrien it's |
| 7:57 | · | contemporary it's part of the |
| 7:58 | · | construction C of the pantheon and we |
| 8:01 | · | can |
| 8:04 | · | explore so let's explore some more these |
| 8:08 | · | spaces of the Graton here's the curved |
| · | Grottoni vaulting |
| 8:11 | · | wall of the retunda and we can see then |
| 8:13 | · | by the vaulting we can see by the |
| 8:16 | · | construction that pretty early on in the |
| 8:19 | · | construction of the retunda they |
| 8:20 | · | determined to make the greton structures |
| 8:23 | · | to integrally be joined to the Rotunda |
| 8:27 | · | and we can see the vaulted ceilings |
| 8:30 | · | different kinds of vating involved you |
| 8:32 | · | can also see little relics remains of |
| 8:36 | · | marble that once decorated the pantheon |
| 8:39 | · | also some relics of it having been a |
| 8:40 | · | church but throughout we see the |
| 8:43 | · | insertion of relieving arches including |
| 8:45 | · | in this impressive vaulting up above we |
| 8:48 | · | can even see the impression left from |
| 8:50 | · | the planks to which the concrete was |
| 8:53 | · | poured that's one of the great Treasures |
| 8:56 | · | the great examples we can have of |
| 8:59 | · | exploring the Graton is getting closer |
| 9:01 | · | to the fabric getting closer to the |
| 9:03 | · | construction technique that makes the |
| 9:05 | · | pantheon so impressive so it's really |
| 9:09 | · | behind the curtains view of the pantheon |
| 9:12 | · | and its construction that we can admire |
| 9:14 | · | so much more even than being inside the |
| 9:17 | · | Rotunda Hall itself this is the real |
| 9:19 | · | engineering of the pantheon at work |
| 9:22 | · | invisible to us |
| 9:24 | · | today now let's head back downstairs one |
| 9:27 | · | more opportunity to look at this Marvel |
| 9:31 | · | that curved apps wall which has on top |
| 9:34 | · | of it a series of blocks of travertin |
| 9:37 | · | stone we're behind again still the apps |
| 9:39 | · | of the Basilica of |
| 9:40 | · | Neptune and when we do finally |
| 9:44 | · | exit we're going to exit in style we're |
| 9:48 | · | leaving the greton and we're going to |
| 9:50 | · | directly connect to the pantheon rotunda |
| 9:53 | · | itself so there's still ancient |
| 9:55 | · | passageways that bring us right into the |
| 9:58 | · | heart of this incredible Roman Temple |
| 10:01 | · | the pantheon and truly I hope you enjoy |
| 10:04 | · | these secret rooms and have better |
| 10:06 | · | appreciation of the architecture and the |
| 10:08 | · | engineering that went into the |
| 10:11 | · | construction of Rome's greatest Imperial |
| 10:14 | · | Temple hey this is DARS R for ancient |
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| 10:18 | · | me and my colleagues in a course this |
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| 10:31 | · | we're going to explore some sites that |
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| 10:39 | · | architectural history to explore the |
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