Sunday, December 22, 2019

ROME -- MONUMENTAL -- 7

CASTEL SANT'ANGELO



With its chunky round keep, this castle is an instantly recognisable landmark. 

Built as a mausoleum for the emperor Hadrian, it was converted into a papal fortress in the 6th century and named after an angelic vision that Pope Gregory the Great had in 590. 

Nowadays, it is a moody and dramatic keep that houses the Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo and its grand collection of paintings, sculpture, military memorabilia and medieval firearms.

--Lonely Planet

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