HOLY ROOF – inside rome’s pantheon
even though i live in rome, i don’t go into a church unless i have a good reason to do so. unless it’s the pantheon, which never ceases to blow my mind.
rome’s pantheon was planned in pre-christian times and was actually a temple. since temples were each dedicated to a specific god, and rome was already full of wayfarers from the world over, just in case they’d missed some god, the romans created the pantheon, which was dedicated to all (from the greek “pan”) the gods (gr: “theon”). it was a nondenominational place of worship, open to all.
then christianity was made into the official religion and the temples were razed. except for the pantheon, with the logic that it was dedicated to all the gods. but all the gods are really one, so this must really be a church dedicated to the one and only true, new god. so it was renamed and thankfully spared.
around two thousand years old, the pantheon is an absolute miracle in architecture. a huge round hole in the middle of the roof allows light (and rain, why not) to make the multicolored stone walls and floors shine brightly.
note: i am a photographer and not a historian, so i wouldn’t really trust any of this info without verifiying it from a more reliable source. but the photographs are all absolutely authentic. this i’m sure of 
alessandro ciapanna
Hehe love the idea of your photos!
lol, thanks
Love the way you’ve captured everyone’s focus on the roof.
yeah. i took one of the roof, too, but everybody gets those… thank you
love it; great series and interesting info! clever title, too
thank you.
I like your perspective of the whole event!
i appreciate your comment – thanks
even if i was there, i would’ve done the exact same thing, street shooting at its best
we are all different like fingers on a hand are all different. each his own every one indispensible
thanks for your kind words
That was a very interesting collection of tourist shots! Every one of them was comparatively different; however, the objective and goal was essentially the same. Just goes to show how different we are. You say poh-tah-toe, I say poh-tay-toe.
i say tomatoe, you tomahto – let’s call the ‘hole’ thing off
thank you, cara
Very well! So we shall.
Excellent series!!!
thank you
Everybody take photgraphs, with all kind of equipment these days. Nice idea and photos!
thank you
…Assolutamente grandiose! Bravo Sandro, un’idea brillante veramente!!
mille grazie, amico mio
Very good work, I really like number 6 and 15
thank you. 15 is definitely among my very favorites too
Interesting series of photographs. Good work. I am greeting
thank you very much
Ciao, molto interessante. l volte mi chiedo se qualcuno in realtà solo ‘guarda’ più, o si trova appena si alza e prende in atmosfera. Forse i turisti in realtà non hanno il tempo. Avete una grande serie di questi snappers (non significava dispregiativo).
grazie, lynne.
si, i turisti entrano, fanno la foto al buco, e dopo tre minuti sono fuori. sono molto prevedibili – e quindi facili da fotografare
Great story! I loved the capture of the captures!
thanks. it’s always good fun to shoot tourists unawares…
LOL….my view, exactly! Liked.
you’re in good company. thanks!
Love the shots!!! Very unique take on the pantheon.
grazie