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Castel Sant’Angelo — Main Exterior
A great circular drum supports papal rooms and a small rooftop angel above Rome’s layered monument.
The story behind the place
Read the building from its broad, round base upward. Castel Sant’Angelo began as the mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian, then acquired new layers as its role changed over time. The upper rooms and rooftop angel belong to the monument’s later story. Its surviving exterior brings these different periods into one striking silhouette beside the Tiber.
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Read more from the sources
- Castel Sant’Angelo — Main Exterior — official/institutional factswww.turismoroma.it
- Castel Sant’Angelo — Main Exterior — attributed named-site referenceen.wikipedia.org
- Livioandronico2013: Castel Sant’Angelo exterior, 15 December 2014commons.wikimedia.org
