Hadrian seems to have intended the Pantheon as a temple to all the gods (pan + theoi) that would represent the Roman Empire in its decorative materials as well as in an underlying idea. The plan of the building is circular with a rectangular block Corinthian portico opening into the rotunda.
The Renaissance painter Raphael? and several of the kings of united Italy are buried in the Pantheon.
The Panthéon is a building in Paris with a fascade resembling that of the Pantheon in Rome. It was built around 1757 by the architect [Jacques-Germain Soufflot]?; its use repeatedly switched between church and secular building. Nowadays it houses the remains of important Frenchmen such as Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
A pantheon has also come to mean a set of gods from a common religion or mythology. A pantheon generally consist of all gods present in the given religion, although some pantheons mingle in unexpected ways, such as the roman and greek.