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The Pantheon was the first temple built for the common people of Rome.
Today, this could seem an obvious concept, but in ancient times temples were forbidden places, only for vestals and priests. The term temple comes from the Latin templum, which means "delimited space"; inside was sacred. Temples were conceived to be beautiful and imposing outside and everyone was denied access. The penalty for access a tample was most of the times death.
The Pantheon is also a national Mausoleum, it is the resting place of the Italian Royal family and some great Renaissance artists including Raffaello.
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