The Piazza della Rotonda: Morning, Noon, Night.

Visiting the Piazza della Rotonda at various times of the day will offer different kinds of crowds and observations. In the morning, approximately 9 a.m. (pictured above), you can see the tourists beginning to emerge from their lodgings. The slow slew of people that walk toward the front of Pantheon have the warm sun on them from the east. In the afternoon, the piazza is alive with multitudes of people admiring the area, eating gelato by the fountain, or enjoying some lunch. The piazza is the hottest in the afternoon with the sun heating up the black cobble stones which pave the area. Late at night, the whole scene is cool and calm with couples sitting near the columns of the Pantheon or walking home from a fun night out.