Long-lasting
renovations of the Pantheon have started. They will continue during some ten
years, but the dome should obviously be visible again in about two years. The
budget is of some 100 million Euros, some 80 percent covered by sponsoring. If you are interested, you can find out more about it here.
It
was decided that no publicity should appear on the dome; instead “JR”, a
photographer known for giant street art operations, has prepared a temporary
decoration consisting of thousands of portraits, collected worldwide. The
portraits can be found as well outside as inside.
Here we can
see what the Pantheon dome looks like today … and how it looked before being
covered...
… and here is the
same comparison of the inside of the dome.
Also a
large part of the floors are covered by portraits.
The
Pantheon is of course basically a mausoleum where leading French personalities
are buried, but it is (was) also known for the Foucault’s Pendulum, which will
not be there again for demonstration of the earth rotation until the
renovation of the dome is finished. (See more on my previous post about the
Pantheon.)
8 comments:
Bonjour cher Peter,
J'ai eu la chance de suivre cet événement par le biais d'un reportage... Je suis heureuse de découvrir dans ton billet tes captures photographiques qui nous donnent ta propre vision.
♡ Gros bisous ♡
Magnificent building! And I suppose all those faces are better than masses of advertising ....
Kathryn
Oh my, that's quite freaky! What a fun and unexpected idea, all the faces have quite a spacey effect!
Now I wish we had had time to see this last week on our tour Monday.
Nice Page and update. i like blogwalking
La surveillance est nombreuse! Faire attention aux possibles cameras invisibles cachees dans les yeux!
¡Dios mío!
¡Qué horror!
¿Cómo se atreven?
Gracias Peter por la información y por las buenísimas fotos.
María
J'adore le style européen pour la beauté temporaire...BRAVO!
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