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ITINERARIES CASTEL SANT'ANGELO 
The Castel Sant'Angelo (or Size Adriana or "Castellum Crescentii" in the X-XII sec.) is a roman monument,
situated on the skillful side of the Tevere, in front of "Pons Aelius" (actual Sant'Angelo bridge) to
little distance from Vatican, in the rione of Village.Begun from Adrian emperor in the 135 which its funeral mausoleo, inspiring itself by the complete mausoleo of Augusto, was completed from Devout Antonino in the 139. It was constructed in front of Campo Marzio to which it was joined from a bridge purposely constructed, the Bridge Helium. The mausoleo was composed from one cubical base, covered in marble lunense, having fregio decorative of cows heads (Bucrani) and lesene angle irons. Close to the river you colud read the names of the emperors buried inside. On this side the arc of income entitled to Adrian was always introduced, dromos (the passage of access) entire was covered of ancient yellow. Upon the base cube a drum realized in lava stone and work was put down cementizia (opus caementicium) all covering of travertino and lesene fluted. Above it there was a tumulo of tree-lined earth encircled from marmoree statues (us of it remain fragments). The tumulo, was, quadriga in bronze guided from Adrian emperor was sormontato from one represented like the sun. Around the mausoleo a wall of cancelled town-walls with in bronze decorated from peacocks ran, two of they is conserved to the Vatican. On the model of Castel Sant'Angelo it was built up in the Abbey of Novacella up Adige, in XV the century, one singular round church conceived like a fortress to defense against the Turks and dedicated to the Archangel Michele, said, just for its fortified character, "Engelsburg". -> back Other information on Wikipedia - The free encyclpedia |