The Pantheon’s structure is so astounding that when Michelangelo viewed it, he is credited as saying, “It was the design of angels, not of men.” Simply enter this monument and stroll about admiring the vista from beneath its oculus, the center of the dome that opens to the sky, to grasp what he meant.
Famous Italian rulers like Vittorio Emanuele II, the country’s first monarch, and Renaissance painters like Raphael are buried in the Pantheon today. Additionally, this landmark is still used as a church, where Catholic Mass is frequently said.
