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Castel Sant'Angelo

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Castel Sant'Angelo is a cylindrical fortress on the right bank of the Tiber in Rome, built between 123 and 139 AD as a mausoleum for the emperor Hadrian and his family. Its original form was a towering rotunda crowned with a garden and a gilded quadriga, and it briefly stood as the tallest building in Rome. Around 401 AD the structure was folded into the city's defenses as a military fortress and incorporated into the Aurelian Walls, and from the fourteenth century popes converted it into a castle and refuge, linking it to St. Peter's Basilica by the covered corridor known as the Passetto di Borgo. The building was decommissioned as a military and papal stronghold in 1901. It now operates as the Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, drawing more than 1.2 million visitors a year.

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Museum 2
Location
Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy 1
Completed Year
139 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Museum 2
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Museum, Concepts

In Style

Roman Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Wikipedia: Castel Sant'Angelo
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Italy

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Source Wikipedia: Castel Sant'AngeloLead sentence 1
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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.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Castel Sant'Angelo
  • Lead section, location sentence
    in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy
  • Infobox: built
    123-139 AD
  • Papal fortress, residence and prison
    The popes converted the structure into a castle, beginning in the 14th century; Pope Nicholas III connected the castle to St Peter's Basilica by a covered fortified corridor called the Passetto di Borgo.
  • In Style: Roman Architecture, Lead
    It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family.
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2. Castel Sant'Angelo (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Museum)
Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Museum)
Wikidata item Q486382, instance of (P31): museum
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