The Pantheon is a must of our Rome Tours for show one of the most copied buildings in the world.
Dedicated to all the gods was built on Piazza della Rotonda by Hadrian between 118 and 128 AD, to replace the previous building destroyed after a terrible fire.
The Pantheon is an example of classical architecture balanced and stable due both to the harmony of the lines that the choice of materials combined well argue that geometries that make it a costruction inscribed in a perfect sphere.
With Rome Tours will discover that the Pantheon was converted into a Christian Basilica in the seventh century just called Santa Maria ad Martyrs and became the shrine of the remains of the Italian emperors and there is also the great burial Raphael.
The most striking part of the Pantheon is undoubtedly the dome built in concrete, the largest up to that time. It was so big that at that time no one was believed to have been built by men and why it was called the Devil's Dome.
When booking a Rome Tours will discover this and other curiosities of one of the most beautiful buildings in the city.
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