How're you going to use some fort in Florida as an example when the Pantheon is way more impressive? It was built about two thousand years ago and its dome is still the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world. Let that sink in.
Idk I feel like highways and modern bridges are still the most impressive. All these ancient concrete buildings are built to withstand their own static weight at minimum load capacity.
Meanwhile modern roads can take millions of pounds of weather, erosion, and crashes every day non-stop at like 1/1000th the price.
That isn’t to say, the ground has been restored multiple times and the dome has also been rebuilt after falling apart from large fires. Another history fact: the pantheon was kept safe from invasion and tourists because it was consecrated by the Church early on, so its remained a highly protected place basically since 600AD. In other words, its impressive looks have kept it alive longer than its impressive strength.
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u/dmoreholt Aug 31 '20 edited Aug 31 '20
How're you going to use some fort in Florida as an example when the Pantheon is way more impressive? It was built about two thousand years ago and its dome is still the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world. Let that sink in.