Why should travelers stop by the Pantheon? The Pantheon is ancient Rome's best preserved monument. It was built as a temple to all the gods, but was converted into a Catholic church, which is why ...

ROME, June 30 (Reuters) - Visitors to Rome's Pantheon, one of the ancient ... Now a church, the vast cylindrical former temple whose undamaged exterior wall supports a 43.3 metre-high (142 ft ...

the Pantheon was one of the architectural feats of the ancient world, and its prestige remains to this day. More than 2,000 years after the temple was built, the majestic building and other Roman ...

If you’ve ever been to Rome, it’s likely you stopped to marvel at the Pantheon, Italy’s most-visited cultural site. The ancient building’s grand columns and large concrete dome are ...

although parts of the temple are still visible. There's also the Pantheon, a former Roman temple notable for its eight large granite Corinthian columns at the front. It's the only ancient ...

ROME — Tourists in Rome checking out the Pantheon, Italy’s most-visited ... The monumental domed structure, originally an ancient Roman temple, draws millions of visitors each year.

From the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus in Rome’s port city of Ostia to local shrines and colossal structures like the Pantheon, the ancient Romans worshipped a pantheon of gods, some local ...

a first-century Roman temple in Nimes, France. Perhaps the Hustler Club’s shrunken temple is more Maison Carrée than Pantheon, but simply cropped off by the adjacent office building.

The Pantheon, As the name suggests, the Pantheon was the Roman ‘temple of all the gods.’ It is the most extraordinary and best preserved ancient building in Rome. The first temple on the site ...