Wednesday April 8th. from 12:30 am to 1:00 pm
Marina De Franceschini will be inside the Pantheon, near the main altar, to observe, like every year, the Arc and the Square of Light, the extraordinary illuminations she discovered, designed 1900 years ago by Apollodorus of Damascus for Trajan and Hadrian (without a computer).
The Arc of Light will also be seen on April 6th and 7th
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The Arc of Light is linked to the sacredness of the power of the emperor who acted as an intermediary between men and gods. Hadrian was illuminated by the Light as if by a theatrical spotlight, a sign of the favorable presence of the divinity. He could say that he was powerful enough to command the course of the Sun.
You can discover their symbolic meaning and much more about the thousand-year history of one of the absolute masterpieces of ancient Roman architecture in his book «Pantheon. Architecture and Light», also in English edition.