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BUILT BY/FOR: TRAJAN, HADRIAN (113-125 AD)
The Pantheon, with the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome, is an impressive old building.
The Pantheon is a former Roman Temple and is now a church.
The massive architecture features Corinthian columns.
Inside, you can see the beautiful dome with the coffered ceiling and the hole, oculus, in the top that lets in light and rain...
Here, also, is the tomb of Raphael.
LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S PAGE ON THE PANTHEON
TRAVEL: 1978, 1994, 1999 -
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Exterior facade, Pantheon, Rome, Lazio, Italy, 2017.
The Pantheon as it looked in 1978, Rome, Lazio, Italy, 1978.
Interior, Pantheon, Rome, Lazio, Italy, 2017.
Alex taking photos, the Pantheon, Rome, Lazio, Italy, 2017.
Column details, the Pantheon, Rome, Lazio, Italy, 2017.
Looking up at the huge dome with it open oculus, the Pantheon, Rome, Lazio, Italy, 2017.
The grave of Rahael, the Pantheon, Rome, Lazio, Italy, 2017.
Wyatt, using the public fountain in front of the Pantheon, Rome, Lazio, Italy, 1994.
Wyatt and family, the Pantheon, Rome, Lazio, Italy, 2017.
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page last revised october 2021