This drawing by Giovanni Battista Falda dates back to the late 17th century. The Pantheon was defined as a temple to all gods. Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644) added the two bell towers designed by Bernini. They were removed in 1833.
A 1625 map by Giovanni Maggi shows the Pantheon within its environment.
Every day hundreds of visitors enter the Pantheon through its grand doors and into its exquisite symmetry.
Along the interior walls, marble columns frame niches with memorial portrait busts.
Corinthian capitals crown the columns in the alcoves.
Using the design of Alessandro Specchi, Pope Clement XI (1700-1721) rebuilt the high altar and apse in the sanctuary.
The Pantheon, dedicated as a Catholic church and renamed Santa Maria ad Martyres (Our Lady and the Martyrs) has several small chapels, each decorated with priceless artwork.
Sunlight beams through the Pantheon’s oculus, down upon a throng of tourists.
No one knows the Pantheon’s exact age, but people – including notables such as Michelangelo – have admired it for centuries.













