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The plans for this massive church were drawn up in 1757, and work started in 1764, but the building was not finished until 1800. The exterior of the cupola is in three stages with a magnificent dome over a collonade of columns. The exterior portico is modelled on the Roman Pantheon and has ornate sculpture and 22 columns. Intended as a church, it was converted into a Pantheon for the great, dead people of the republic. The interior is magnificent.

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Interior of Pantheon view