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to Rome, the eternal city. In this page you will admire ancient
Castel Sant'Agenlo Monument and read his history. Other Rome
Monuments: Arco di Costantino, Campidoglio, Campo de' fiori,
Castel Sant'Angelo, Circo Massimo, Colonna Traiana, Colosseo,
Fontana di Trevi, Fori imperiali, Foro romano, Largo Argentina,
Mausoleo di Augusto, Mercati Traianei, Pantheon, Piazza Barberini,
Piazza Colonna, Piazza del Popolo, Piazza di Spagna, Piazza
Esedra, Piazza Navona, Piazza Venezia, Piramide di Caio Cestio,
San Carlino alle quattro fontane, San Giovanni in Laterano,
San Pietro, San Pietro in Vincoli, Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza,
Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Santa Maria in Trastevere, Santa
Maria Maggiore, Sinagoga, Terme di Caracalla, Via Veneto,
Villa Borghese. |
Castel
Sant'Angelo was built by the emperor Adrian as his mausoleum.
It was begun in 123 A. D. and received the remains of the
members of the imperial dynasty up to Caracalla. The original
work was very different from the one you can see today; In
1277 it became propriety of the Vatican, that joined it through
the famous passetto to the Vatican walls. The passetto is
a long fortified corridor that allowed the passage of the
pontiffs from the Vatican Palaces to the castle. The name
of Castel Sant'Angelo dates back to the XII century and originates
from an ancient legend that narrates the story of the plague
in Rome in 590; according to this story the plague came to
an end thanks to the apparition of an angel that alighted
upon the mausoleum and made the gesture of replacing the sword
in the sheath as a symbol of the accorded Grace. To remember
this event, was changed the name of monument and one statue
in honor of the angel was put on the top.
