The Eternal City
Rome, Italy
The Pantheon is a building in Rome and was built by Marcus Agrippa, a Roman statesman and general (c 63 BCE-12BCE) as a temple to all the gods of Rome and was rebuilt in the second century A.C.E. and still after two millenniums has the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world. |
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The Eternal CityRome, Italy |
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Piazza Navona is a gathering place in Rome for artists displaying etchings and paintings with several fountains,the most famous being the Fountain of Four Rivers, the beautiful sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. |
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The Pantheon was built as a temple to the Roman Gods and converted to a Roman Catholic Church in the 7th Century and is one of the best preserved of Roman buildings. 
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Many Egyptian obelisks that were brought to Rome during the era of the Roman Empire & were buried for a long time were uncovered and used as decorations for new structures being built in Rome in later years and the Emperor Caracalla (188-217 AD) brought the obelisk that decorates the Four Rivers Fountain in Piazza Navona to Rome. 
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Vendors and artists display artwork on paper and canvas suitable for framing and we enjoyed gelato from a bunch as we people watched visitors milling about Piazza Navona. 
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