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The Pantheon was not completely off limits. Pope Urban VIII. (Maffeo Barberini, pontificat 1623-1644) had the bronze cladding of the Pantheon taken down to have
by Archelaos 5y ago
The Pantheon was not completely off limits. Pope Urban VIII. (Maffeo Barberini, pontificat 1623-1644) had the bronze cladding of the Pantheon taken down to have 80 canons cast from it. He has had a cover-up story spread that the bronze was used for St. Peter's Basilica.