Castles and Manor Houses Home Page

Castel Sant'Angelo
Augmented Ancient Roman Mausoleum. Castle in Italy

submit to reddit
     

 

The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as the Castel Sant'Angelo, is a towering cylindrical building in Rome. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The building was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum.

Much of the tomb contents and decoration has been lost since the building's conversion into a military fortress in 401 and inclusion by Flavius Augustus Honorius in the Aurelian Walls.

The Papal state used Sant'Angelo as a prison. Giordano Bruno was imprisoned there for six years. Executions were carried out by the Catholic Church in the small interior square. As a prison, it was also the setting for the third act of Giacomo Puccini's Tosca from whose ramparts the eponymous heroine of the opera leaps to her death.

 

 

Small scale map showing the location of
Castel Sant'Angelo

Google map showing the location of
Castel Sant'Angelo

Large scale map showing
Castel Sant'Angelo

 

Film Location For:


Angels and Demons (2009)    Italie

 

 

 

 

 

 

I want to   a   in      

 

 

 

 

 

Castles and Manor Houses on Facebook

Castles and Manor Houses on Twitter

Castles and Manor Houses on Tumblr

Castles and Manor Houses on Reddit

 

   ::::   Link to us   ::::   Castle and Manor Houses Resources   :::    © C&MH 2010-2016   :::   contact@castlesandmanorhouses.com   :::   Advertising   :::