July 2013 tour to Rome, Florence, Pisa and Venice with GoJo Travel, Rochester, New York.
Photographs were all taken by Doug Della Pietra and are copyrighted.
76. The Pantheon
"M. AGRIPPA.L.F.COSTERTIUM.FECIT”
“Marcus Agrippa son of Lucius, having been consul three times made it”.
* Translation taken from "Roman Pantheon." Rome.info. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 July 2013. <http://www.rome.info/pantheon/>.
123. Sala Rotunda
Within the Pio Clementino Museum
Shaped like a miniature Pantheon,
ancient mosaics on the floors and
ancient statues line the perimeter
124. Gallery of Maps
Painted on the walls by friar Ignazio Danti of Perugia, commissioned by Pope
Gregory XIII (1572–1585). It remains the world's largest pictorial geographical
study