Feb 01 2009
Rome Trip: Castel Sant’ Angelo
In Roman times, the huge volume of Castel S. Angelo seemed very different from what we see today: wanted and probably designed by the emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for the family, was a huge cylinder, about 65 meters in diameter, covered with travertine marble and covered with thick trees vegetation, the center of which is raised a cylinder smaller, more or less as expected, the most ancient mausoleum of Augustus – the remains of which can be seen today in Piazza Augusto Imperatore, next all’Ara Pacis. Continue Reading »
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