This page shows the dome, the oculus and the top of the bronze alter from inside the St. Peter Basilica, in Rome. The sun light can be seen entering the Dome and the Oculus at an angle. The oculus or the round hole is capped by a super structure, which stops the rains from pouring in. The darkened object below is the top of the huge bronze alter, made from material that was originally the front doors of the Pagan temple, the Roman Pantheon, which is not far away from the Basilica at Vatican.. The magnificent alter is the center piece of this place of worship, perhaps its link to Pantheon also bares some symbolic significance.   

At any rate, every church or Cathedral with a dome of this  type in the world, in fact, conceals a Pagan temple within it.

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