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Castel Sant'Angelo
Sign in to saveAlso known as mausolée d'Hadrien, Mausoleum of Hadrian, Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome, Castel Sant'Angelo Rome
castle and museum in Rome, formerly the imperial mausoleum of the emperor Hadrian and subsequent Roman emperors
Castel Sant'Angelo is a castle and museum in Rome that was originally built as a mausoleum for the Roman emperor Hadrian and later emperors. It stands as a significant historical monument that preserves Rome's imperial past and is now open to visitors as a museum.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mausoleum
- Named after
- Archangel Michael
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Roma Capitale
- Body of water
- Tiber
- Owned by
- Hadrian
- Creator
- Bernardo Rossellino
- Location
- Municipio I
- Official website
- www.castelsantangelo.beniculturali.it
- Image
- Engelsburg und Engelsbrücke abends (Zuschnitt).jpg
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- inception
- 0139-00-00
- visitors per year
- 918591
- Commons gallery
- Castel Sant'Angelo (Rome)
- Commons category
- Castel Sant'Angelo (Rome)
- Commons Institution page
- Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome
- topic's main category
- Category:Castel Sant'Angelo
- category for people buried here
- Category:Burials at the Castel Sant'Angelo
- date of official opening
- 1906-00-00
- native label
- Castel Sant'Angelo
- name
- castle of St. Angelo
- postal code
- 00193
- street address
- Лунготевере Кастело, 50
- IIIF manifest URL
- gn.biblhertz.it/fotothek/api/iiif/3/werk/obj08045021/manifest
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Encyclopedic overview
Castel Sant'Angelo from Southeast Castel Sant'Angelo ( pronounced [kaˈstɛl sanˈtandʒelo] Italian for 'Castle of the Holy Angel'), also known as Mausoleum of Hadrian (Italian: Mausoleo di Adriano), is a towering rotunda (cylindrical building) in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The popes later used the building as a fortress and castle dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel, and it is now a museum. The structure was once the tallest building in Rome.
Hadrian's tomb
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