Pantheon And Hadrian's Temple

Our second major foray was to include the Pantheon, my favorite building, and two art-laden churches we always visit in the neighborhood. As always, there were some surprises along the way, from the never-seen-before department (at least by us, so far far as we can remember). FWIW, bus #71 carries us almost from our door to the Pantheon/Trevi/Piazza Navona area, so we have become frequent riders.

Along the way, the Marcus Aurelius triumphal
column

Executive summary: he fought lots of battles and
was emperor: one of the five "good" ones

New to us department: helpful model of what Hadrian's Temple
looked like back in the day

What's left...just these 11 columns and the structure above them;

behind them is a contemporary building that houses the Rome

Chamber of Commerce, where we saw the model; sic transit, Gloria

Detail of the entabulature, which has held up relatively well 
for two millennia; well, maybe not; anyhow, we swear we have
never seen this before

Pantheon standard approach view

Among my favorite images

It would take a much larger lens than mine to capture all 142 feet
of height and diameter; the perfect symmetry

Us, there; as I said, everyone--everyone--wears a mask indoors
and on public transit here

They have cordoned-off the center...crowd-control? COVID?

Rafael's tomb

Parthian porch ceiling shot; the place always amazes