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PostPosted: May 12th, 2007, 12:48 pm
by interloper

PostPosted: May 14th, 2007, 7:15 am
by carol

PostPosted: May 14th, 2007, 11:47 am
by Karen
Hi Carol,

You can see a lot of Roman concrete in Rome (in the Colosseum, for example) and wherever they built aqueducts. Concrete made the sophisticated systems of arches in those structures possible. Plus they used it decoratively as well:

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And here's my favorite use of it, in the coffered ceiling of the Pantheon:

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PostPosted: May 24th, 2007, 10:48 pm
by alecto