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S. Maria ad Martyres (Pantheon)

Agrippa temple to all the gods: 27BC

Hadrian rebuild: 117-138

Boniface IV consecrates as Church: 609

 

• Hadrian's Latin inscription says Marcus Agrippa built this during his third term as consul

• The 16 granite columns are about 42 feet high and 15 feet around. Popes Urban VIII and Alexander VII (1655-1667) replaced the three on the left

• The walls have brick from 115-124 which would have been covered with marble

• The niches on each side of the main door had large statues of Agrippa, on the left, and Augustus, on the right

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