Still in Rome and still day 3...yes it was a very full and busy day! This is Ernie either checking his phone to see if he got the picture or getting ready to take a picture as we approach The Pantheon. This was one of my Rome highlights. The building is a true marvel. It's gorgeous, it's massive, it's impressive inside and out.
This close up shows you holes in the cement. Our guide Ziggy told us those are holes that have been drilled to add steel (in my mind I though rebar when she talked) for strength.
The Pantheon was a Roman Temple and is now a Church, an active church. The earlier temple was commissioned by Marcaus Agrippa during the rein of Augustus, and completed by Hadrian about 126 A.D. There are several important burials there: Raphael The Painter, Annibale Carracci also a painter, Arcangelo Caorelli a composer, and Baldassare Peruzzi an architect. Raphael perhaps the best known is there on the left where you see the statue.
