I have to say that I hadn't been to Rome for many years, then when the pandemic broke out I had to cancel several trips, including the one to the most beautiful city in Italy, but I finally got organised and arrived in Rome by train in about two hours.
The first monument I wanted to see, which to tell the truth I had never seen before in my life, was the Pantheon, located in the Pigna district in the historic centre, a temple dedicated to all the divinities, but the thing that struck me most is that the entrance is completely free.
It should also be remembered that the Pantheon is now a fully-fledged church, so one must maintain polite behaviour inside and also there are many celebrations during the day.
Certainly the part I liked best about this monument is its dome with this very unusual hole in the middle, and from a distance it looks small but when you're inside it's very large.
Before heading to the Vatican City I popped into the Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli where there is a work by Michelangelo that perhaps not everyone knows about but is also worth seeing inside the church because it is a creation of the famous Pope Julius Roman II.
In fact, you absolutely must not miss Michelangelo Buonarroti's Moses, this great statue that the master made again in 1510 to honour the monument to Julius II. Naturally, this statue included a large project for the tomb of his father, which was then shelved.
Then the great peculiarity are the horns of Moses, which would actually be due to an error in the translation of the events of the exodus, there was a very wrong translation of the Hebrew, that's why he was depicted like that.
Then in the end I ended up Ne abbiate at St Peter's in front of the beautiful St Peter's Basilica which I didn't visit because I didn't have time to book the entrance but which I definitely think I will do in the next few days.
I don't remember the square being so big, partly because I often watch Daddy on Sundays, but from the TV it looks a lot smaller, and of course the most beautiful thing about this flat square is its colonnades, which are really impressive.
Of course, the square was designed by Bernini, and if we look at it from above we see that it makes a big hug because he wanted to symbolise the embrace of the church towards its faithful.
this article ends like this i hope you enjoyed these monuments of Rome
