. Italy. insentire and in use at the present day: Simple, erect, severe, austere, sublime,Shrine of all saints and temple of all gods. This noble hall was raised by the Emperor Hadrian,but the portico is part of the original building erectedby Agrippa in 27 The interior is of noble circular walls are crowned by a dome of mostbeautiful shape, and the temple is lighted in a strangeand charming fashion. Not a window breaks thesurface of the walls, but at the very apex of thedome there is a circular opening 28 feet across,which lights the interior perfectly, and with the mostmagica
. Italy. insentire and in use at the present day: Simple, erect, severe, austere, sublime,Shrine of all saints and temple of all gods. This noble hall was raised by the Emperor Hadrian,but the portico is part of the original building erectedby Agrippa in 27 The interior is of noble circular walls are crowned by a dome of mostbeautiful shape, and the temple is lighted in a strangeand charming fashion. Not a window breaks thesurface of the walls, but at the very apex of thedome there is a circular opening 28 feet across,which lights the interior perfectly, and with the mostmagical effects of sun and shade. Standing on thepavement below, and looking up to the blue skythrough this opening, it has the appearance of a greateye, and impresses the spectator deeply: it seems as ifheaven were looking down into the interior of thetemple. Around the walls are niches where the images of theRoman gods once stood : they are now converted intoChristian altars. In the Pantheon lies Raphael, the. The Eternal City great painter, who died at the age of thirty-seven. Ithas also been adopted as the burial-place of ItalianSovereigns, and the two Kings who have died sinceItaly became a united nation lie within its walls. The finest tomb of Old Rome is a modern Castle of St. Angelo, whose broad, round towerrises beside the Tiber, is one of the best-known land-marks of Rome. Yet it is but a fragment of thesplendid mausoleum raised by Hadrian. The vasttomb became a castle, and for hundreds of years it washeld, attacked, partly destroyed, built up again, until itstands to-day a living record of the turbulent days ofmediaeval Italy, As for the relics of ancient Rome, they are found,not only in arches and pillars, but literally everywhere,in fragments. The modern city is built upon theruins of the city of the Csesars, when palaces of marblerose on every hand, and the most magnificent publicbuildings, temples, theatres, and baths were built as ifintended to last for eve
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