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Michelangelo Buonarotti designed the dome.

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Where can you find the pieta?

The Pieta is displayed in St Peters Basilica in Rome


What church did Donatello and Michelangelo design together?

Donatello was not an architect. He did not co-work with Michelangelo, especially since he died in 1466 and Michelangelo was born in 1475.


What features of the Parthenon influenced the western civilization?

The pantheon still had the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world. After the fall of the Roman Empire, knowledge of how to make concrete was lost and domes were not built until Brunelleschi built the dome of Florence Cathedral (The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore) from 1420 to1436.This was a massive feat because Brunelleschi worked out how to build a massive dome, one which was even bigger than that of the Pantheon. After that a dome was designed by Michelangelo for the St. Pater's Basilica. Many other churches were built with a dome. The Capitol also has a dome. The inspiration for this was Roman architecture


What is a dome?

A dome is a generally spherical, ovoid, or hemispherical shape, found in nature and also used in architecture. The basic characteristic is a three-dimensionally curved exterior, which may have a hollow interior. Examples of domes include various covered sports stadiums, the rotunda of the US Capitol building, St. Peter's Basilica, and the geodesic dome at Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida. Natural domes are created underground by the dissolving of salt and other compounds, and in rock formations such as Half Dome in Yosemite National Forest.


Where is michelangelo's pieta located now?

St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy