Scotland, the Pantheon and the Piazza Navona

Today, we started out the day by heading to a Church of Scotland here in Rome.  It was cool because first of all, we could understand what they were saying, and secondly it was funny to find a non-catholic church in Rome.  After the service, we were invited to the terrace of the building for refreshments, and their view was an awesome panorama of the roman rooftops.

Then we made our way to the Pantheon.  The pantheon was originally commissioned by Marcus Agrippa sometime between 27 BC and 14 AD as a temple to all the gods of Rome.  It was rebuilt in 156 AD by the Emperor Hadrian and is one of the only temples from Ancient Rome that has been well preserved.  Since the 7th Century, the Roman Catholic church has used the building as a church dedicated to "St. Mary and the Martyrs"  The building has been used to inspire many architectural works including the Rotunda on the grounds at the University of Virginia.

After that we went to the Piazza Navona and walked around.  That was a large plaza filled with many street artists and performers.

View from the terrace of the church we went to.

Front of the Pantheon.

...The wifi is preventing me from loading more pics... More might come later.