Byzantine : Why is the Pantheon escaped destruction and still remains until today.

Byzantine : Why is the Pantheon escaped destruction and still remains until today.

Pantheon was a Roman temple of gods which hold the record for the largest non-reinforced dome in the history of architecture.

The pantheon were created for Pagan gods, Twelve Olympians which were actually Greek which are Zeus, Hara, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Dionysus, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus and Hermes.

However, moving in to the Byzantine period,when Paganism was replaced by Christianity and most of Roman architectures were destroyed but the Pantheon survived. It was being used as a church by Christian Society.

It survived because the Christian had apply their own belief to the architecture to make them Christian and they need a space for gathering and worshiping their god so they uses the Pantheon.

Christians took out the statue of gods from the spaces in the 8 space in the walls and replace with their own belief in number 8 which is how god creates the world for seven days and would rest on the eighth day, 'Sunday'. It was also called 'Lord's day' because of the believe in Jesus Christ resurrection and they would worship god on this day.