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2013 photos
Evening exterior  - Pantheon
Rome, Italy

Erected 18-128 C.E.


The blue sky in the evening is extraordinary.
Piazza della Rotonda. The Pantheon was turned into a Christian church: Santa Maria Rotonda.



Fountain obelisk taken from Egypt by Roman conquerors.



Fountain detail



Fountain dolphin



Egg-and-dart molding ... 40' high red-gray granite columns taken from an Egyptian temple.



Modillions and rosettes ... Egg-and-dart molding





Photos and their arrangement © 2013 Chuck LaChiusa
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