The Pantheon (from the Greek “pan” and “theon” which literally means all the gods, is a circular structure, with a large hole in the center that acts as a skylight. The huge dome, which overlooks the visitors, does not it rests on foundations, but is simply "supported" by the supporting structure, while it sustains itself thanks to an ingenious architecture.
The building had risen, precisely, as a memorial temple for all the gods; later it was transformed into a Christian basilica and called Santa Maria della Rotonda. This great monument, commissioned by the harpinate Marco Vipsanio Agrippa (son-in-law of Augustus) and rebuilt by the emperor Hadrian as a result of fires that had damaged it, today welcomes the remains of some nobles of Savoy, the noble family that once ruled over the Italy, and that today lives across the Alps.
