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The most famous temple with a circular whole in the roof is the Pantheon. A pantheon was a temple dedicated to all gods and not just one gods or a trinity. It is well preserved because it was turned into a Christian church. It is a rotunda (it is circular) and has the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world. It has an oculus (eye, round whole) at the top of the dome which, along with the entrance door, is the only source of light.

In the Roman days the most important round temple with a whole at the top was the aedes of vesta, the goddess of the hearth

The aedes was the dwelling place of a god and housed the divinity's image. It was distinct from the templum (temple) which was an building sacred to a god. It meant both temple and shrine. Terminology could be complicated. Vitruvius used the word the templum for the space dedicated to a god as defined through augury (divination) and aedes for the actual building. He also said that the design depended on the type of divinity. For a god of the sky it had it should be open to the sky.

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