The Victor Emanuel Monument, The Pantheon, and Trevi Fountain

After Palentine Hill, we walked to the Victor Emmanuel Monument which is rather modern but is very interesting.  It was built in the late 1800's I think as a tribute to the king who unified Italy.  It is famous for its huge horse that carries Victor Emmanuel.  The horse is the largest horse statue in the world.  It is  43 feet long.  The kings mustache is five feet long.  A person could fit in the one of the horses hooves.

There are huge winged angels riding chariots, on top of the building.  They look way cool.

Here is a picture of what was across the street from the Victor Emmanuel building.

From here, we walked for what felt like, across Rome.  We wanted to see the Pantheon.

It was well worth the walk.   It's a totally round building building built in the 1st century AD.  Quite an architectural feat. It's the best preserved building inside, from that era. It has a huge dome which Michelangelo used as model for the huge dome in St. Peter's.

From, here, we walked to the famous Trevi Fountain, which is also known as the fountain from the movie, "Three Coins in a Fountain".  The superstition is that if you throw a coin into this fountain, and make a wish at the same time, your wish will come true.  So of course we had to all throw a coin in and make a wish.  It's reported that the coins thrown in each day by tourists are collected and help feed the poor.