t The immense portico, built on the foundations of Agrippa’s temple
t The immense portico, built on the foundations of Agrippa’s temple
Experience Piazza della Rotonda
The Pantheon, one of the great buildings in the history of European architecture, has stood at the heart of Rome for nearly 2,000 years. The historic area around it has seen uninterrupted economic and political activity throughout that time. Palazzo di Montecitorio, built for Pope Innocent XII as a papal tribunal in 1694, is now the Italian parliament and many nearby buildings are government offices. This is also the main financial district of Rome, housing banking headquarters and the stock exchange. Not many people live in the area, but in the evenings, Romans stroll in the narrow streets and fill the bustling restaurants and cafés that make this a focus for the city’s social life.