The Mausoleum of Hadrian, also known as Castel Sant'Angelo (Italian pronunciation: [kaˈstɛl sanˈtandʒelo]; English: Castle of the Holy Angel), is a towering...
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Castel Sant'Angelo is a mausoleum and castle in Rome, Italy. It may also refer to: Castel Sant'Angelo, Lazio Castel Sant'Angelo (Licata) Angelokastro...
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city centre to his newly constructed mausoleum, now the towering Castel Sant'Angelo. The bridge is faced with travertine marble and spans the Tiber with...
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crossed the Tiber on horseback to occupy the rocca (fortress) of Castel Sant'Angelo on behalf of her husband. From this position and with the obedience...
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Angelokastro (Corfu) (redirect from Castel Sant'Angelo (Corfu))
Αγγελόκαστρο (Castle of Angelos or Castle of the Angel); Venetian: Castel Sant'Angelo) is a Byzantine castle on the island of Corfu, Greece. It is located...
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Castel Sant'Angelo, also known as Forte Sant'Angelo, is a fort in Licata, Sicily. It was originally built as a watchtower in the 1580s, and was expanded...
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Castel Sant'Angelo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Lazio, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of...
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Municipalities (comuni) Castel Sant'Angelo, in the province of Rieti Città Sant'Angelo, in the province of Pescara Monte Sant'Angelo, in the province of Foggia...
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Commodus (category Burials at the Castel Sant'Angelo)
Commodus (/ˈkɒmədəs/; 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was a Roman emperor who ruled from 177 until his assassination in 192. For the first three years...
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who had entered the city in support of the Pope, then besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo. During this period, the city was autonomously ruled by a senatore...
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Caracalla (category Burials at the Castel Sant'Angelo)
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Lucius Septimius Bassianus, 4 April 188 – 8 April 217), better known by his nickname Caracalla (/ˌkærəˈkælə/), was Roman...
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had Pope John XIV imprisoned in Castel Sant’Angelo. Four months later, on 20 August 984, John XIV died in Sant’Angelo either due to starvation, poison...
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Lucius Verus (category Burials at the Castel Sant'Angelo)
Lucius Aurelius Verus (15 December 130 – January/February 169) was Roman emperor from 161 until his death in 169, alongside his adoptive brother Marcus...
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Passetto, is an elevated passage that links the Vatican City with the Castel Sant'Angelo. It is an approximately 800-metre-long (2,600 ft) corridor, located...
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Marcus Aurelius (category Burials at the Castel Sant'Angelo)
returned to Rome, where they rested in Hadrian's mausoleum (modern Castel Sant'Angelo) until the Visigoth sack of the city in 410. His campaigns against...
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Hadrian (category Burials at the Castel Sant'Angelo)
Hadrian (/ˈheɪdriən/, HAY-dree-ən; Latin: Publius Aelius Hadrianus [(h)adriˈjaːnus]; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian...
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in Rome; after a plague, the sick slept at night in the church of Castel Sant'Angelo (dedicated to him for saving Rome), waiting for his manifestation...
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Septimius Severus (category Burials at the Castel Sant'Angelo)
Lucius Septimius Severus (Latin pronunciation: [ˈɫuːkiʊs sɛpˈtɪmiʊs sɛˈweːrʊs]; 11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was a Roman politician who served as emperor...
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Geta (emperor) (category Burials at the Castel Sant'Angelo)
Publius Septimius Geta (/ˈɡɛtə/ GHET-ə; 7 March 189 – 26 December 211) was Roman emperor with his father Septimius Severus and older brother Caracalla...
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citizens for ransom without any restraint. Clement VII took refuge in Castel Sant'Angelo after the Swiss Guard were annihilated in a delaying rear guard action;...
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Antoninus Pius (category Burials at the Castel Sant'Angelo)
Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius (19 September AD 86 – 7 March 161) was Roman emperor from AD 138 to 161. He was the fourth of the Five Good Emperors...
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places a crucifix on the body before leaving. The upper parts of the Castel Sant'Angelo, early the following morning A shepherd boy is heard offstage singing...
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left the Pope without allies, and he was deposed and confined at Castel Sant'Angelo after the seizure of the papal throne by Antipope Boniface VII. John...
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Faustina the Younger (category Burials at the Castel Sant'Angelo)
Annia Galeria Faustina the Younger (c. 130 AD, – 175/176 AD) was Roman empress from 161 to her death as the wife of emperor Marcus Aurelius, her maternal...
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while the Mausoleum of Hadrian was converted into a stronghold (Castel Sant'Angelo), the possession of which ensured control of the city. Despite the...
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of the bronze was used to make bombards for the fortification of Castel Sant'Angelo, with the rest used by the Apostolic Camera for other works. It is...
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during which Clement was imprisoned. After escaping confinement in the Castel Sant'Angelo, Clement—with few economic, military, or political options remaining—compromised...
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from the riverbank at Hadrian's Mausoleum, soon to be known as the Castel Sant'Angelo, up the slopes of the Vatican Hill encircling the basilica and descending...
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bank of the Tiber, just to the east of the Vatican. It contains the Castel Sant'Angelo. 41°54′13″N 12°27′59″E / 41.90361°N 12.46639°E / 41.90361; 12.46639...
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deposed by Cesare Borgia and sent to Rome. He was assassinated in the Castel Sant'Angelo the following year. Cecil H. Clough – The Romagna campaign of 1494:...
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