Ponte and Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome
Artist/Photographer | Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) |
Country | Italy |
City | Rome |
Subject Date | 1754 |
Image Date | 1754 |
View | Topographical |
Medium | Print |
Library Reference | SB100/1(29) |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Rivers ; Castles ; Bridges ; Round buildings ; Mausoleums |
SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, 1754), pl. 29 NOTES: Castel Sant'Angelo was originally constructed as a mausoleum for the Emperor Hadrian in 135-139 AD. The bridge, built at the same time to connect the mausoleum to the Campus Martius, was named Ponte Elio. When the mausoleum became a castle in 401 AD it was renamed Castel Sant'Angelo and the bridge took the same name.
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