Hadrian The Pantheon
Rome
Among the works the emperor counts as his own is the great round temple to all the gods, which he raised again from Agrippa's ruined original and left crowned with its open eye to the sky. It still stands, close to whole, in the heart of the old city.
The rebuilding of Rome under Hadrian
explicit The Pantheon is a named, still-standing monument; Hadrian rebuilt it early in his reign and kept his predecessor Agrippa's name on the front. These are the coordinates of the building on the Piazza della Rotonda.
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Hadrian Temple of Venus and Roma
Rome
The emperor, an amateur architect proud of his own hand, sets the largest temple in the city on the ridge between the Forum and the amphitheatre, its two shrines built back to back for the goddess of the city and the goddess of love. Its brick vaults survive on the Via Sacra.
The rebuilding of Rome under Hadrian
explicit A named monument on the Velian Hill above the Forum, its ruins still visible beside the Colosseum. Hadrian drew the plans himself; these are the coordinates of the surviving platform.
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Hadrian Hadrian's Mausoleum (Castel Sant'Angelo)
Rome
Looking toward his own death, the emperor thinks of the drum-shaped tomb he has ordered raised on the far bank of the river, where his ashes and those of his line will lie. Popes later turned it into a fortress; it endures above the Tiber as Castel Sant'Angelo.
Hadrian's tomb by the Tiber
explicit The Mausoleum of Hadrian, the cylindrical tomb he built for himself by the Tiber, still stands as Castel Sant'Angelo. These are the coordinates of the monument.
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