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· 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
10:16 · Rome live I want to invite you to join
10:18 · me and my colleagues in a course this
10:21 · May May 6th to 10th 2024 it's here in
10:25 · Rome and sites in the environs of Rome
10:28 · it's all about how to build a Roman city
10:31 · we're going to explore some sites that
10:33 · you know we're going to explore some
10:34 · sites that you've never heard of There's
10:36 · an opportunity to see live archaeology
10:39 · architectural history to explore the
10:42 · archaeology of the city please join me
10:44 · we have a few spots left May 6th May
10:47 · 10th
10:49 · 2024 in
10:51 · Rome thanks again for joining me in my
10:53 · ancient Rome this is my town I want to
10:56 · share the secrets that I explore every
10:58 · day see you soon

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
10:16	·	Rome live I want to invite you to join
10:18	·	me and my colleagues in a course this
10:21	·	May May 6th to 10th 2024 it's here in
10:25	·	Rome and sites in the environs of Rome
10:28	·	it's all about how to build a Roman city
10:31	·	we're going to explore some sites that
10:33	·	you know we're going to explore some
10:34	·	sites that you've never heard of There's
10:36	·	an opportunity to see live archaeology
10:39	·	architectural history to explore the
10:42	·	archaeology of the city please join me
10:44	·	we have a few spots left May 6th May
10:47	·	10th
10:49	·	2024 in
10:51	·	Rome thanks again for joining me in my
10:53	·	ancient Rome this is my town I want to
10:56	·	share the secrets that I explore every
10:58	·	day see you soon