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Castel (Castle) Saint Angelo

Emperor Hadrian built this for the intention of using it as a mausoleum for him and his family. Later, popes converted it to a castle, used it as a fortress, prison and now a museum. Giordano Bruno (whose statue is in Campo de Fiori) was imprisoned here There is an elevated passageway (Pasetto di Borgo) which links it to the Vatican City.

 

In Dan Brown's Angels and Demons, this is the last existing church of the Illuminati.

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Uploaded on November 27, 2011
Taken on November 12, 2011