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The Pantheon Rome is the only completely
intact piece of Roman Architecture left in the world.
Located close from the Michelangelo Palace
the Pantheon surely merits a visit and a guided tour..
It is simply breathtaking and no visit
to Roma is complete without a look inside where, among
other things you can find the remains of Raphael the
painter - 3 years ago American and Italian Scientists
took a sample of his DNA and took cross samples from
several thousand Tuscan Residents in an attempt to try
and find his direct descendant... they didn't succeed
but are still looking. The Pantheon is held up by huge
monolithic marble pillars each weighing 90 tonnes which
were miraculously brought to Rome by sea from Egypt
over 2000 years ago.
Inside the Pantheon you should look
up and admire the ornate ceiling... Curiously the Pantheon's
height is exactly the same as the radius of its' dome...
consequently inside it could host a perfect circle or
better still would be the perfect place for a fisheye
photo... if only they'd let Mr McKie our virtual photographer
inside this historic building !
Did you Know? The
Pantheon contains lots of holes in the marble floor
to let the rain drain out (rain enters the Pantheon
through the "oculus" a hole in the roof 9 metres wide
and a symbolic link between the Roman worshippers and
their gods.)
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