ROME: Rome's 2,000-year-old Pantheon started charging for entrance on Monday, with tourists paying 5 euros ($5) to see Italy's most visited cultural site.
The building, one of the Italian capital's oldest and best loved, is currently a consecrated church and part of the proceeds from ticket sales would go to the diocese of Rome and the rest to the Culture Ministry.Visitors line up to enter the Pantheon in Italy's capital Rome on Monday, July 3, 2023. AFP PHOTOMinors and Rome residents are exempt from paying.
The other major churches in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica, are free to visit, but visitors to museums and monuments, such as the Colosseum, must pay for tickets.One of the best-preserved structures of ancient Rome, the Pantheon is famed for its extraordinary dome, which measures 43 meters in diameter and includes a circular opening through which light and occasionally rain fall.It was built as a temple in the 1st century B.C.
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