Dome

A dome is a common structural element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere. Domes do not have to be perfectly spherical in cross-section, however; it is sufficient that they simply be curved surfaces.

Famous domes

Listed in order of their completion:

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• 27 BC - The Pantheon, Rome, Italy.
• 537 - Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, Turkey.
• 691 - Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem.
• 1312 - Dome of Soltaniyeh, Iran.
• 1436 - The Duomo, Florence, Italy.
• 1502, The Tempietto, Rome, Italy.
• 1593 - St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy.
• 1616 - The Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey.
• 1653 - The Taj Mahal, Agra, India.
• 1659 - Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur Karnataka India
• 1708 - Les Invalides, Paris, France.
• 1708 - St Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
• 1749 - The Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, England.
• 1858 - St Isaac's Cathedral, St Petersburg, Russia.
• 1850s - The United States Capitol, Washington, DC, USA.
• 2000 - The Millennium Dome, London, England.