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Piazza del Pantheon is my favorite |
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by Megan Brewster / 07.12.2004 |
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Piazza |
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Piazza del Pantheon!!
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Reason for Selection |
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The Piazza del Pantheon is built around the Pantheon, one of the most mathematically intensive buildings of all time (can life get better?). All of the neighboring restaurants and shops bow down to it. Even the cobblestones slant down towards it. In the mornings, one can grab a café in the nearby Piazza Sant Eustachio and then come sit and admire the Pantheons size and symmetry. In the afternoons, one can grab a bite in the Campo de Fiori and then come to view the Pantheons perfect oculus. And at night, one can grab gelato at Caffe Giolotti around the corner and then come listen to the jazz thats always playing right in front of the Pantheon and awe over (what else?) the Pantheon. Its right next to all of Romas bests, but without the huge throngs of people. At the same time, the Piazza is never empty. And its right around the corner from home.
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Comparison |
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The other piazzas of Roma just dont cut it for me. Navona has beautiful fountains, but is always touristy; Santa Maria in Trastevere has fantastic restaraunts and night life, but is empty during the day; the Campo is always alive and changing, but is too familiar; Spagna is picturesque, but way too popular; Popolo is elaborate, but that is both its pro and con; Campidoglio is elevated with less noise and a great view, but also a major tourist spot; Sant Ignazio is theatrical and peaceful, but too empty; Fontana di Trevi is centered around a beautiful fountain, but a tourist trap at night; Testaccio has a huge market, but is too far from home; Sant Pietro is breathtaking, but is ridiculously rich; Sant Andrea della Valle has a nice little fountain, but is in the middle of a major intersection Sant Eustachio has the best coffee is Roma, but has little else to offer; Mattei has that cute tortoise fountain, but no place to sit down; Minerva has water marks from all of the Tibers floods, but nothing else to do but the church.
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Impression |
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The Pantheon, in all of its glory!! Its perfect symmetry, its immense size, its breathtaking oculus.
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