Sunday, October 11, 2009

Castel Sant'Angelo

Another visit to a favorite monument.  Originally a tomb for Emperor Hadrian, the Castel was later transformed into a prison and eventually a papal fortress.


Photo from wiki, showing the Castel from the Ponte Sant'Angelo


Bronze statue of the archangel Michael at the top


Soaking it all in


Left to right: dome of the Pantheon, Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, spiral dome of Borromini's Sant'Ivo


View of Michelangelo's Campidoglio in the background


Dome(s) of St Peter's at sunset

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Um...are you following Dan Brown's Path of the Illuminati?