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The Opaion of the Pantheon in Rome
An Opaion ( Greek ὀπαῖον for "smoke hole", plural Opaia ), German Opäum , is a round opening at the highest point of a dome . Other names are dome eye or simply eye . Since the Renaissance in particular , the Opaion has usually been roofed over by a lantern , which allows less and more diffuse light to enter the interior , but protects it from the weather .
literature
- Christof Spuler: Opaion and lantern. On the question of the lighting of ancient and early Christian buildings by an Opaion and the creation of the dome lantern , Hamburg 1973
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