Picturesque Piazza della Rotonda at the Pantheon in Rome

When in Rome… Piazza della Rotonda

This When in Rome… blog article is written for the guests of the Hostel Chaplin Bed and Breakfast and B&B Little Italy in Rome.All Hotels and B&B’s in Rome In 1575, under the order of Pope Gregory XIII Boncompagni, Giacomo Della Porta designed a plan for a fountain to be placed in the centre of Piazza della Rotonda. Four different sculptors cooperated to carry out the project, a large marble vase with vertical water jets that came out from four large masks on the sides. In 1711 Pope Clemente XI Albani had the vase substituted with the obelisk of Pharaoh Ramses II from the Temple of Isis and the 4 dolphins at the base of the pedestal were carved. There are several restaurants and cafes on the Piazza della Rotonda, but the prices for even a cup of coffee there are not for the faint-hearted. Turn right when you have your back to the Pantheon and you will discover an area full of small boutiques and jewelry stores.

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Pantheon in Rome: Practical info and some interesting facts

When in Rome… Pantheon information

This When in Rome… blog article is written for the guests of the Hostel Chaplin Bed and Breakfast and B&B Little Italy in Rome. All Hotels and B&B’s in Rome The Pantheon is located on Piazza della Rotonda in Rome and is open from 9am till 7pm. Entry is free. It can be reached from the Via del Corso by walking northward from Piazza Venezia and turning left when you see the sign or by following Corso Vittorio Emanuele from Piazza Venezia and then turning right when you see the signs. The official name of the Pantheon is Santa Maria ad Martyres (St. Mary of the Martyrs). In 609 or 610 Pope Boniface IV consecrated the Pantheon to the Blessed Virgin and the Martyrs and proclaimed All Saints Day (then May 13th, nowadays November 1st) to commemorate all the martyrs. This was necessary because demand exceeded supply: There were way too many martyrs for the number of days in the year. Among the famous people buried in the Pantheon are the painter Raphael and the first king of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele II di Savoia.

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A Short History of the Pantheon in Rome

When in Rome… History of the Pantheon

This When in Rome… blog article is written for the guests of the Hostel Chaplin Bed and Breakfast and B&B Little Italy in Rome.   All Hotels and B&B’s in Rome  The Pantheon was built by Emperor Hadrian in 118 AD to replace an earlier temple destroyed by fire. It is the temple to “all the gods,” and was spared destruction because it was given to a religion with one god. It still functions as a Roman Catholic Church, with mass celebrated on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings.The earlier wooden temple was probably built by Agrippa in 27 BC (due to the inscription “M Agrippa….”) and destroyed by fire in 80 AD. It was the Emperor Hadrian who had Agrippa’s name and inscribed above the entrance, though, which was unexpectedly humble of the good man, since he was not afraid of a little boasting: “My intentions had been that this sanctuary of All Gods should reproduce the likeness of the terrestrial globe and of the stellar sphere.” When Christianity became more powerful (5th century) the temple was closed, to be reopened as a church by Pope Boniface IV after it had been given to him by the Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire Phocas.

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