List of notable domes

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The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem Dome of the Rock Chain Dome.jpg
The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
View of the Pantheon in Rome, including the concrete dome Pantheon Rome-The Dome.jpg
View of the Pantheon in Rome, including the concrete dome

The dome of the United States Capitol building US Capitol dome Jan 2006.jpg
The dome of the United States Capitol building

This is a list of domes notable enough by Wikipedia standards to have their own article. They are listed in order of their completion.

NameYear createdLocationMeasurementsInformation
Treasury of Atreus c. 1250 BC Mycenae, GreeceInterior height 13.5m, diameter of 14.5m. corbel dome. It was the tallest and widest dome in the world for over a thousand years until construction of the Temple of Mercury in Baiae and the Pantheon in Rome.
The Pantheon 125 AD Rome, Italy
Hagia Sophia 537 Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey).
Dome of the Rock 691 Jerusalem Known as Al-Aqsa in Arabic. [1]
Dome of Soltaniyeh 1312 Iran
The Duomo 1436 Florence, Italy
The Tempietto 1502 Rome, Italy
Suleiman Mosque 1557 Istanbul, Turkey Built in the 16th century Suleiman Mosque is the largest mosque in Istanbul. [2]
St. Basil's Cathedral 1561 Moscow, Russia 9 onion domes
Selimiye Mosque 1574 Edirne, Turkey
The Taj Mahal 1632-1653 Uttar Pradesh India
St. Peter's Basilica 1593Rome, Italy
Harmandir Sahib 1604 Amritsar, India
Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque 1615 Isfahan, Iran
The Blue Mosque 1616Istanbul, Turkey
Gol Gumbaz 1659Bijapur Karnataka, India
Les Invalides 1708Paris, France
St Paul's Cathedral 1708London, England
Basilica Regina Montis Regalis 1733Vicoforte, Italy

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References

  1. ↑ Chitwood, Ken. "Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict". The Conversation. The Conversation US, Inc. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  2. ↑ Robinson, Matt; Toksabay, Ece. "In Istanbul, a mosque fit for a sultan". Reuters. Reuters. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
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