Large, rounded, bowl-shaped roofs or structures that cover buildings, like the dome of the U.S. Capitol.
From Italian 'duomo' meaning 'cathedral,' which comes from Latin 'domus' meaning 'house.' Renaissance architects borrowed the Italian term for these magnificent rounded structures, which became iconic features of important buildings across Europe and the Americas.
The dome is one of architecture's greatest inventions—the Pantheon in Rome still has the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome, built 2,000 years ago! Domes are mathematically perfect for distributing weight evenly, which is why they've been used to crown the most important buildings from temples to government centers.
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