List of notable domes
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This is a list of notable domes, listed in order of their completion:
| Name | Year created | Location | Measurements | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treasury of Atreus | c. 1250 BC | Mycenae, Greece | Interior 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 | 1593 | Rome, Italy | ||
| Harmandir Sahib | 1604 | Amritsar, India | ||
| Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque | 1615 | Isfahan, Iran | ||
| The Blue Mosque | 1616 | Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Gol Gumbaz | 1659 | Bijapur Karnataka, India | ||
| Les Invalides | 1708 | Paris, France | ||
| St Paul's Cathedral | 1708 | London, England |
- 1733 - Basilica Regina Montis Regalis, Vicoforte, Italy.
- 1749 - The Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, England.
- 1772 - Monticello Charlottesville, Virginia United States
- 1817 - The Green Dome, Masjid al Nabawi, Medina, Saudi Arabia
- 1834 - National Gallery, London, England.
- 1852 - Helsinki Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland.
- 1857 - British Museum Reading Room, London, England.
- 1858 - St Isaac's Cathedral, St Petersburg, Russia.
- 1850s - The United States Capitol, Washington, DC, USA.
- 1871 - Royal Albert Hall, London, England.
- 1879 - Garden Palace Exhibition Building, Sydney, Australia
- 1881 - Devonshire Royal Hospital, Buxton, Derbyshire, England.
- 1887 - Old College, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 1897 - McEwan Hall, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 1902 - West Baden Springs Hotel, West Baden Springs, Indiana, United States.
- 1904 - Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary.
- 1915 - Hiroshima Industrial Promotion Hall, Hiroshima, Japan.
- 1939 - Jefferson Memorial Washington D.C.
- 1957 - Belgrade Fair - Hall 1, Belgrade, Serbia
- 1960 - Araneta Coliseum, Quezon city, Philippines
- 1965 - Astrodome, Houston, TX, USA.
- 1975 - Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA, USA.
- 1977 - St. Joseph the Betrothed Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- 1980 - Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA.
- 1981 - Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
- 1982 - RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
- 1983 - BC Place Stadium, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- 1989 - Stockholm Globe Arena (Ø 110 m), Stockholm, Sweden.
- 1989 - SkyDome aka Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- 1991 - Superior Dome, Marquette, Michigan, USA
- 1992 - Georgia Dome. Atlanta, GA, USA.
- 1999 - Reichstag dome, Berlin, Germany.
- 2000 - Millennium Dome, London, England.
- 2000 - Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow, Russia.
- 2001 - The Eden Project, Cornwall, England.
- 2005 - Dresden Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany.
- 2006-07 - Global Pagoda, Mumbai, India.
References[edit]
- ↑ Chitwood, Ken. "Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict". The Conversation. The Conversation US, Inc. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ↑ Robinson,, Matt; Toksabay, Ece. "In Istanbul, a mosque fit for a sultan". Reuters. Reuters. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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