Castel Sant'Angelo
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Castel Sant'Angelo, also known as Mausoleum of Hadrian, is a towering rotunda in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and h
Castel Sant'Angelo at Night
Castel Sant'Angelo from Southeast
Castel Sant'Angelo from the Ponte Sant'Angelo. The top statue is of Michael the Archangel, the angel from whom the building derives its name.
Ponte Sant'Angelo angel figures
Ponte Sant'Angelo
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Ponte Sant'Angelo, originally the Aelian Bridge or Pons Aelius, is a Roman bridge in Rome, Italy, completed in 134 AD by Roman Emperor Hadrian, to span the Tiber from the city centre to his newly cons
Castel Sant'Angelo
…217. The urns containing these ashes were probably placed in what is now known as the Treasury Room, deep within the building. Hadrian also built the Pons Aelius facing straight onto the mausoleum – it still provides a scenic approach from the center of Rome and the left bank of the Tiber, and is renowned for…
Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome
18th-century painting by Antonio Joli; note that the bridge has only three main arches, with smaller arches supporting ramps on either side. The outer arches were added in the 19th-century works that built the Lungotevere.
Angel on bridge of angels in Rome
Angel Ponte Sant Angelo whips