Agreed. St. Pete’s is so huge and perfectly proportioned that it feels not of this world. To think they fumbled around for generations until Michelangelo took over tells you that he was an every thousand years kind of dude.

And oh my, the Pantheon. My wife saved it for a surprise as the family walked through Rome. We approached it from the back. To me it was just another dirty old building from that angle. She hustled me through the entrance while I was keeping track of the kids so I had no clue. I… I may have wept.

I have a picture of the light streaming down through the Pantheon onto one of the sculptures. It's the best photo I have ever taken and every time I look at it I remember that feeling I had looking up at the dome. Really a special thing to experience.