All,
The Pantheon, one of the best-preserved buildings of its time.
The original temple was built in 27 BC by Marcus Agrippa, son-in-law of Augustus and was dedicated to the planetary gods. The temple was later used as a Catholic Church.
The dome is one of the finest architectural achievements of all time. The oculus in the middle lets light through, as can be seen in the photograph. It's pretty interesting how they built it -- the concrete gets lighter towards the oculus, thereby dispersing the weight.
Many Italian kings are buried in the Pantheon, as well as Raphael.
Two frame mosaic; 1/8s, iso100, evaluative metering, 18mm (very soft at the edges). Something has gone awry with the final JPG for web, the colours are desaturated, even though I converted the image from Adobe RGB to sRGB.
Slightly higher resolution found
here.
Comments and critique are welcome.
Regards,
Humayun