 The Roman skyline is distinguished by the soaring domes of its many churches, the largest, and most famous, of which belongs to St Peter's Basilica. The ancient Romans are credited with creating the dome as a major architectural feature in the first century BCE, but the domes we see today were mostly created in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. A church dome is made up of three elements: the drum, the cupola, and the lantern. There are more then seventy churches in Rome that sport a dome and here are just a few of them.  St Peter's Basilica  St Peter's Basilica  Sant' Andrea della Valle  Sant' Andrea della Valle  Santa Maria in Campitelli  Santa Maria in Campitelli  Santi Luca e Martina  Sant' Agnese in Agone  Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary  San Carlo al Corso  Sant' Ivo alla Sapienza Comments are closed.
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its art, history and culture. My name is David Lown and I am an art historian from Cambridge, England. Since 2001 I have lived in Italy, where I run private and
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