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When approaching Castel Sant’Angelo it is hard not to be overwhelmed by the drama. It dominates your entire field of vision as it rises in the distance across the Tiber. The bridge itself is flanked by baroque statues of angels who herald your arrival. Today it is a museum (the Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo) but it retains all the majesty of a place for emperors and popes.
The Castel was originally an Ancient Roman structure built between 123 AD and 139 AD as a mausoleum for Emperor Hadrian and his family. The bridge was known as the Pons Aelius. Then when Rome was sacked by the Visigoths in 410 AD, it became a fortress.
Pope Gregory the Great renamed it “Castel Sant’Angelo” after having a vision of Michael the Archangel appearing over the castle. This vision heralded the end of the plague that had been decimating Rome in 590.
During the middle ages and Renaissance it became a residence for popes in times of turmoil. There is even a secret passage that connects it to the Vatican called the Passetto di Borgo.
It has been through a few more incarnations since then, but today we know it as the Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo.
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