Official Information
Official website: https://direzionemuseiroma.cultura.gov.it/pantheon/
Online tickets: https://www.museiitaliani.it/ (search for “Pantheon” for official ticketing) >> https://portale.museiitaliani.it/b2c/buyTicketless/33f77159-0acd-40c4-8524-701f33aae108
Address: Piazza della Rotonda, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
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Opening Hours
According to the Italian Ministry of Culture and official communications, the Pantheon – Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres – is generally open daily from 09:00 to 19:00, with last admission about 30 minutes before closing. It is closed on 1 January, 15 August and 25 December. Hours can vary for religious services or special events, so visitors should always check the Direzione Musei Statali Roma Pantheon page and, for ticket availability, the Musei Italiani portal shortly before their visit.
The Pantheon is one of the best-preserved monuments of ancient Rome and today serves both as a state monument and as the Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres. Its current form dates largely from the reconstruction under Emperor Hadrian in the early second century AD, though it keeps the name of an earlier temple commissioned by Agrippa. From the outside, visitors see a traditional temple front with massive granite columns and the famous inscription naming Agrippa, fronting a huge brick rotunda. Inside, the single great circular space is covered by a concrete dome over 43 metres in diameter, still one of the largest unreinforced concrete domes in the world. At its centre is the oculus, an opening to the sky that admits a shifting circle of light and, when it rains, water that drains through subtle floor channels. The interior was converted into a church in the early seventh century, which is why it survived when many other ancient temples were quarried for stone. Chapels, altars and Christian iconography sit within the original architectural shell, and the building also houses the tombs of Italian kings Vittorio Emanuele II and Umberto I, as well as the Renaissance painter Raphael.
Since 2023, entry requires a paid ticket managed by the Italian Ministry of Culture, with online reservations sold exclusively through the official Musei Italiani portal and on-site ticket offices. Separate church-run services such as audio guides and guided visits are offered by the Chapter of Santa Maria ad Martyres but do not replace the basic state entry ticket. Official sites provide detailed guidance on opening hours, ticket prices, free-entry days such as the first Sunday of the month and rules about behaviour during religious services. For travellers, the Pantheon is both an engineering marvel and a living place of worship, best appreciated by spending time inside watching how the light moves across the coffered dome and marble floor rather than treating it as a quick photo stop.