Castles

SOURCE: Samuel Buck. Views. 15th set. Soth Wales (London, 1740), plate 23

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.

SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, 1754), pl. 30 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.

NOTES: Founded in 1120 around a Norman gate tower, this castle was significantly enlarged in the 13th century. It was lavishly turned into a palace fortress designed in Perpendicular style by John of Gaunt in the late 14th century while Tudor additions were made by the Earl of Leicester in the 1570s.

NOTES: This 16th or 17th century listed structure has about 250 nest holes inside. The window openings are modern.

NOTES: This medieval ruined fortress was built between 1200 and 1600. It was used up until 1715.