Pantheon - Reviews - Rome

It's amazing!it has a perfect hole!!it is an antique building but it could be one built in that century with a high-technology to make that perfect hole!!!

Rebuilt by Emperor Hadrian almost 2000 years ago, the Pantheon is still
in pretty fine shape. The first thing you'll probably notice as you
walk inside is that there is a giant hole at the top of the dome. I
don't know if this was intentional or not, but it makes for some
interesting visuals. When it rains in Rome, the water just goes
straight through the hole and into the center of the Pantheon. If
you're really lucky, it might even snow. If you show up for Pentecost
Mass, they drop thousands of rose petals from the hole on the ceiling,
showering everybody inside.



The insides of the Pantheon used to be gilded with bronze and gold, but
most of it was stripped away by the Barberini family to make
fortifications for Castel Sant'Angelo. If you go visit the castle, you
can still see the giant, bronze cannonballs and cannons strewn about
the courtyards, but these lack the former beauty of the Pantheon. The
last time I was in Rome (about a year ago), they were doing
construction to restore the interior of the Pantheon, so it might look
a lot more spectacular in a few years.



For those of you who have read Angels and Demons
by Dan Brown, this is indeed the current tomb of Raphael. It is not,
however, guarded by four elite commandos at all times, and in 150+
visits there I have never seen a guard :)