Curious questions in history, literature, art, and social life : designed as a manual of general information (1890)
Killikelly, Sarah H · Philadelphia : Keystone Pub. Co. · leaf 76
ishment of thekind in Rome). Excavations are now being made tobring to light the ruins of the baths of Agrippa, and sosettle the vexed question as to the age of the Pantheon.As soon as it was completed, however, it was convertedinto a temple, and dedicated to Jupiter the Avenger. The edifice is… … CURIOUS QUESTIONS. 45 by semicircular niches alternating with rectangular ones,wherein were placed the statues of the gods and goddesses,Jupiter being the central figure. The niches are flankedby splendid marble columns, and in place of Jupiterstands the Christian altar. When the building was…
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