Historical Sites

Rome: The Tomb of Raphael

The Tomb of Raphael, located inside the Pantheon, is surmounted by the Madonna del Sasso, sculpted by Raphael’s pupil, Lorenzetto, and has an epitaph by Pietro Bembo which reads "Here lies Raphael, by whom nature feared while he was alive to be conquered; but now that he is dead he fears to die". On the right is a plaque commemorating Maria Bibbiena, the painter’s fiancée, while on the left is a 19th century bust of Raphael by Giuseppe Fabris (1833).

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