Hotel Pantheon, Via dei Pastini 131, 00186 Rome, Italy.
Rome, the largest city in Italy, is located in the central-western part of the Italian peninsula, on the River Tiber. Rome, also called the "Eternal City" is one of the most beautifull cities in the world and since 1871 it is the capital city of Italy. The Vatican, oficially "State of the Vatican City", is a sovereign city-state is an enclave within the city of Rome and is the residence of the Pope, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, the Bishop of Rome and the head of the State of Varican City.
The historic centre of Rome, the Vatican City and the Basilica of Saint Peter are listed by the UNESCO a World Cultural Heritage. Rome was for more than two and a half thousand years the largest city in the world with a great history with many historical buildings, like the Pantheon, the oldest standing domes structure in the city, the Colosseum, the largest amphitheatre ever built in the Roman Empire, spectacular triumphal arches, churches and palaces, splendid fontains, the Roman Forum, the Baths of Caracalla and the Castel Sant'Angelo.
The Pantheon, a landmark of the Campus Martius since ancient Rome, was built in the years 118 to 125 AD by the Emperior Hadrina. The building is circular with a portico of three ranks of huge granite Corinthian columns (eight in the first rank and two groups of four behind) under a pediment opening into the rotunda, under a coffered, concrete dome, with a central opening (oculus) to the sky. Almost two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon's dome is still the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome. The height to the oculus and the diameter of the interior circle are the same, 43.3 metres (142 feet). A rectangular structure links the portico with the rotunda. It is one of the best preserved of all Roman buildings. In 609, the Byzantine Emperor Phocas gave the building to Pope Boniface IV, who converted it into a Christian church and consecrated it to Santa Maria ad Martyres, now known as Santa Maria dei Martiri.

The Hotel Pantheon is housed in an ancient building from the eighteenth century on a historical street and the hotel is named after the Roman monument of Pantheon only steps from the hotel and other attractions of the Eternal City like the Coloseum, Piazza Navona, Piazza della Rotonda, Fontana di Trevi and Piazza Venezia are just minutes away.
The Hotel has been recently completly restored and is decorated with original antique furnishings also at the marvellous hall. The small but luxurious Hotel Pantheon is designed with great care in all details. The interior is decorated with panelling in dark wood on the walls, ceilings with old wooden beams, Roman terracotta floors, artistic windows, trompe-l'oeils decorations on the walls of the hall, as well precious chandeliers and ojects of art. This elegant and cosy fittings and the exclusive and personalized servive makes the stay in Hotel Pantheon to an enjoyable and unforgettable experience in the Eternal City.
The guestrooms and junior suites have been elegantly and carefully renovated in the style of the rest of the hotel and the rooms are furnished eleganty in soft colours.
The Hotel Pantheon offers a cosy bar and the buffet breakfast is served in breakfast room.
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