List of celebrated domes
For a list of domes by diameter, see List of world's largest domes.
The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
List of celebrated domes, listed in order of their completion:
- c. 1250 BC - Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece (a corbel dome).
- 125 AD - The Pantheon, Rome, Italy.
- 537 - Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey.
- 691 - Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel.
- 1312 - Dome of Soltaniyeh, Iran.
- 1436 - The Duomo, Florence, Italy.
- 1502 - The Tempietto, Rome, Italy.
- 1557 - Suleiman Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey.
- 1561 - St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia.
- 1574 - Selimiye Mosque, Edirne, Turkey.
- 1593 - St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy.
- 1604 - Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar, India.
- 1615 - Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran.
- 1616 - The Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey.
- 1653 - The Taj Mahal, Agra, India.
- 1659 - Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur Karnataka, India.
- 1708 - Les Invalides, Paris, France.
- 1708 - St Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
- 1733 - Basilica Regina Montis Regalis, Vicoforte, Italy.
- 1749 - The Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, England.
- 1817 - The Green Dome, Masjid al Nabawi, Medina, Saudi Arabia
- 1834 - National Gallery, London, England.
- 1852 - Helsinki Cathedral, Helsinki, Finland.
- 1857 - British Museum Reading Room, London, England.
- 1858 - St Isaac's Cathedral, St Petersburg, Russia.
- 1850s - The United States Capitol, Washington, DC, USA.
- 1871 - Royal Albert Hall, London, England.
- 1879 - Garden Palace Exhibition Building, Sydney, Australia
- 1881 - Devonshire Royal Hospital, Buxton, Derbyshire, England.
- 1887 - Old College, Edinburgh University, Scotland.
- 1897 - McEwan Hall, Edinburgh University, Scotland.
- 1902 - West Baden Springs Hotel, West Baden Springs, Indiana, USA.
- 1904 - Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary.
- 1957 - Belgrade Fair - Hall 1, Belgrade, Serbia
- 1960 - Araneta Coliseum, Quezon city, Philippines
- 1965 - Astrodome, Houston, TX, USA.
- 1975 - Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA, USA.
- 1977 - St. Joseph the Betrothed Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- 1980 - Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY, USA.
- 1981 - Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
- 1982 - RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
- 1983 - BC Place Stadium, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- 1989 - Stockholm Globe Arena (Ø 110 m), Stockholm, Sweden.
- 1989 - SkyDome aka Roger's Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- 1992 - Georgia Dome. Atlanta, GA, USA.
- 2000 - Millennium Dome, London, England.
- 2001 - The Eden Project, Cornwall, England.
- 2006-07 - Global Pagoda, Mumbai, India.
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