These are photos of floors in Rome.
It is so thrilling to look up at the marvelous Italian ceilings that we rarely look down.
The builders spent a good deal of time making those floors just as wonderful as the rest of the buildings.
These floors are of stone and marble. Some in Venice are delightful parquet. No matter, the floors tell the story of the generations that walked over them.
The third picture down shows four holes. These are drain holes. The floor is in the Pantheon which has a open circular roof. Water can enter when it rains and thus the drain is necessary.
Many floors in the churches are actually covers for crypts of beloved priests. The major tombs in the walls are reserved for wealthy patrons. 
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