This is one of the domes at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome. It's not built along the usual cruciform nave and transept lines of most Christian churches, but if it were this would be one of the transept domes.
I love domes, and I always prefer to shoot them off center. This provides a better sense of what the dome actually looks like, and also gives you a better look at all the decoration surrounding the dome. Plus, it's just more interesting.
In the oval at the top of the arch on the right side, is that like a magical package being delivered?
Looks like a Versace print.
One of the domes in Santa Maria Maggiore (not the one shown here) depicts the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and, in traditional fashion, shows her standing on the Moon. It was painted by Lodovico Cardi, known as Cigoli, in 1612, just before his death. Up to that time the Moon had usually been depicted as immaculate, like the Virgin, but Cigoli was a friend of Galileo's and incorporated his friend's recent telescopic discovery of craters on the Moon. So if you look closely at Cigoli's Virgin Mary, you can see her standing on a cratered surface. Not something you might expect to see in a Roman church. https://www.lindahall.org/lodovico-cigoli/
Nancy LeTourneau (formerly of Washington Monthly) just called you out.
https://progresspond.com/2021/10/06/kevin-drum-misses-the-forest-for-the-trees/
I'm sure Jesus would have loved it.
You got to love Rome for the sheer amount of astounding stuff to take pictures of. I certainly did.
Even slightly less popular stuff like the Borgias villa or indeed random buildings in the center of Rome.
My only complaint is that Rome center looked a bit more decrepit/neglected than I expected. Though, to be fair, Paris has a hard time remaining clean too. Can't we all copy Japan urban administration?