Catel Sant'Angelo
Located on the banks of the Tiber River and just a few steps from the Vatican, Castel Sant’Angelo, also known as the Mausoleum of Hadrian, is one of Rome’s most famous monuments.
The history of Castel Sant’Angelo begins in 135 AD, when Emperor Hadrian wished to construct a funerary mausoleum for himself and his family.
After various vicissitudes and disputes over ownership, in 1365 the castle was transferred from the Orsini family to the Church. Thanks to its massive and fortified structure, the popes began to use Castel Sant’Angelo as a refuge, as the seat for the Vatican Archives, as a vault for the Church's Treasure, as a tribunal, and as a prison. This latter use continued until the early 1900s.
In 1925, the ancient Mausoleum of Hadrian was transformed into a museum.
Castel Sant’Angelo is famous among opera lovers: in fact, it is from the famous terrace that Tosca, the protagonist of Giacomo Puccini’s opera, threw herself.
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