The Pantheon
The Roman Pantheon ("temple of all the gods"), was built around 25-27 B.C.E as a temple dedicated to the seven deities of the seven planets. This structure was ten destroyed, rebuilt, and was then converted to a Christian church at the 7th century and remains a functional church today. Perhaps the best preserved of all Roman architecture, the Parthenon is not only a tribute to the gods, but to human ingenuity and architecture itself.
Approximately 484 years after being rebuilt by Emperor Hadrian in 125 C.E, the Pantheon was given to Pope Boniface IV by Emperor Phocas. The former Roman temple was reconsecrated as a Christian church known today as Santa Maria ad Martyres. This conversion saved the Parthenon