Monday, January 18, 2010

Pantheon

These three pictures are of the Pantheon. It was originally built in 27 BC as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome. In Medieval times Pope Boniface IV converted it into a Christian church. Since the Renaissance it has been used as a tomb.

The people in the pictures will give some scale to the immensity of it.

The portico of the Pantheon.

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The altar in the Pantheon.

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The interior and the dome.

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