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Castel Sant’Angelo

Castel Sant'Angelo, also known as Mausoleum of Hadrian, is a towering rotunda in , , Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family.
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  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM—7:30 PM
  • Email: sspsae-rm.castelsantangelo@beniculturali.it
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: castle and museum in Rome, formerly the imperial mausoleum of the emperor Hadrian and subsequent Roman emperors
  • Also known as: “Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome”, “Castel Sant’Angelo Rome”, “Castle of the Holy Angel”, “mausolée d’Hadrien”, and “Mausoleum of Hadrian”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ponte Sant’Angelo and Museo nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo.

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Ponte Sant'Angelo, originally the Aelian Bridge or Pons Aelius, is a Roman bridge in , , completed in 134 AD by Roman Emperor Hadrian, to span the from the city centre to his newly constructed mausoleum, now the towering Castel Sant'Angelo. is situated 130 metres south of Castel Sant’Angelo.

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is a museum.

Church
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The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply St. Peter's Basilica, is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in , an independent microstate enclaved within the city of , Italy. is situated 1 km west of Castel Sant’Angelo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Rome and Vatican.

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is the historic medieval and renaissance center of . While the oldest section of Rome is at the , and the Modern Center has shifted to the Via Veneto, remains the city's most charming district, with lovely piazzas and streets to wander and find small cafes and restaurants.

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City is the world's smallest country both by area and by population, and is the centre of Catholicism. This tiny country completely within is packed with more history and artwork than most cities in the world, and indeed many countries.

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The Capitolium or , between the and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn.

Castel Sant’Angelo

Latitude
41.90308° or 41° 54′ 11″ north
Longitude
12.46633° or 12° 27′ 59″ east
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Named after
Archangel Michael
Open location code
8FHJWF38+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 8035487
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6269267
Wiki­data ID
Q486382
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Castel Sant’Angelo” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Arabic: “قلعة سانت أنجلو”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Հրեշտակի ամրոց”
  • Asturian: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Asturian: “Castiellu Sant’Angelo”
  • Asturian: “mausoléu Sant’Angelo”
  • Asturian: “Sant’Angelo”
  • Azerbaijani: “Adrian qəsri”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Ancelo qəsri”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Mələk qəsri”
  • Basque: “Sant’Angelo gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Замак Св. Анёла”
  • Belarusian: “Замак Святога Анёла”
  • Breton: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Breton: “Kastell Sant’Angelo”
  • Bulgarian: “Замък Сант Анджело”
  • Bulgarian: “Замъкът Св.Анжело”
  • Bulgarian: “Сант Анджело”
  • Bulgarian: “Сант Анжело”
  • Catalan: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Sant Angelo”
  • Catalan: “castell de Sant’Angelo”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Sant’Angelo”
  • Catalan: “Castell Sant’Angelo”
  • Catalan: “Mausoleu d’Adrià”
  • Catalan: “Sant’Angelo”
  • Chinese: “圣天使城堡”
  • Chinese: “聖天使城堡”
  • Chinese: “聖天使堡”
  • Croatian: “Anđeoska tvrđava u Rimu”
  • Croatian: “Anđeoska tvrđava”
  • Croatian: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Croatian: “Hadrijanov mauzolej”
  • Czech: “Andělský hrad”
  • Czech: “Hadriánovo mauzoleum”
  • Danish: “Engelsborg”
  • Dutch: “Castel Sant`Angelo”
  • Dutch: “Engelenburcht”
  • Dutch: “Mausoleum van Hadrianus”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo de Sankta Anĝelo”
  • Finnish: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Finnish: “Hadrianuksen mausoleumi”
  • French: “Chateau Saint-Ange”
  • French: “château Saint-Ange”
  • French: “Château Saint-Ange”
  • French: “Château St-Ange”
  • Galician: “Castelo de Sant’Angelo”
  • Georgian: “სანტ-ანჯელოს ციხესიმაგრე”
  • German: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • German: “castrum Crescenti”
  • German: “Engelsburg”
  • German: “Il Mausoleo di Adriano”
  • German: “Mausoleum Hadriani”
  • Greek: “Καστέλ Σαντ’Άντζελο”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο Σαν Άντζελο”
  • Hebrew: “טירת סנטאנג’לו”
  • Hindi: “पवित्र परी का महल”
  • Hungarian: “Angyalvár”
  • Hungarian: “Hadrianus mauzóleuma”
  • Icelandic: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Ido: “Kastelo Sant Anjelo”
  • Indonesian: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Indonesian: “Kastil Malaikat Kudus”
  • Indonesian: “Kastil Sant’Angelo”
  • Italian: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Italian: “Mausoleo di Adriano”
  • Italian: “Mole Adriana”
  • Italian: “Mole Adrianorum”
  • Italian: “Museo di Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Italian: “Museo nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Italian: “Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Japanese: “サンタンジェロ城”
  • Japanese: “ハドリアヌス廟”
  • Japanese: “ハドリアヌス霊廟”
  • Japanese: “聖天使城”
  • Korean: “산탄젤로성”
  • Korean: “성 천사의 성”
  • Korean: “성천사 성”
  • Korean: “성천사성”
  • Korean: “카스텔 산탄젤로”
  • Korean: “하드리아누스의 영묘”
  • Latin: “Castellum Sancti Angeli”
  • Latin: “Hadrianeum”
  • Lithuanian: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Lithuanian: “Mole Adrianorum”
  • Lithuanian: “Švento Angelo pilis”
  • Lithuanian: “Šventojo Angelo pilis”
  • Macedonian: “Замок Сан Анџело”
  • Mazanderani: “سنت انجلو قلعه”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Castel Sant Angelo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Engelsborg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Engelsborgen”
  • Norwegian: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Castèth deu Sant Anjo”
  • Persian: “آرامگاه هادریان”
  • Persian: “ارامگاه هادریان”
  • Persian: “قلعه سنت آنجلو”
  • Persian: “قلعهٔ سنت آنجلو”
  • Persian: “قلعه سنت انجلو”
  • Polish: “Mauzoleum Hadriana”
  • Polish: “Zamek Anioła”
  • Polish: “Zamek św. Anioła”
  • Polish: “Zamek Świętego Anioła”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Sant’Angelo”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Santo Ângelo”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo San Ângelo”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Sant’Angelo”
  • Portuguese: “Tumbas de Adriano”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Sant’Angelo”
  • Russian: “Замок св. Ангела”
  • Russian: “Замок св.Ангела”
  • Russian: “Замок Святого Ангела”
  • Russian: “Мавзолей Адриана”
  • Serbian: “Anđeoska tvrđava”
  • Serbian: “Hadrijanov mauzolej”
  • Serbian: “Kastel Sant Anđelo”
  • Serbian: “Анђеоска тврђава”
  • Serbian: “Кастел Сант Анђело (Рим)”
  • Serbian: “Кастел Сант Анђело Рим”
  • Serbian: “Кастел Сант Анђело у Риму”
  • Serbian: “Кастел Сант Анђело”
  • Serbian: “Римски кастел Сант Анђело”
  • Serbian: “Римски хадријанов маузолеј”
  • Serbian: “Хадријанов маузолеј (Рим)”
  • Serbian: “Хадријанов маузолеј Рим”
  • Serbian: “Хадријанов маузолеј у Риму”
  • Serbian: “Хадријанов маузолеј”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Anđeoska tvrđava”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hadrijanov mauzolej”
  • Sicilian: “Castel Sant’Àncilu”
  • Slovak: “Anjelský hrad”
  • Slovak: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Slovenian: “Angelski grad, Rim”
  • Slovenian: “Angelski grad”
  • Spanish: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Sant’Angelo”
  • Spanish: “Castillo Sant’Angelo”
  • Spanish: “Mausoleo de Adriano”
  • Swedish: “Ängelsborgen”
  • Swedish: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Tagalog: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Tamil: “காஸ்டல் சாண்ட்‘ஏஞ்சலோ”
  • Tatar: “Адриан төрбәсе”
  • Tatar: “Изге Фәрештә кальгасы”
  • Tatar: “Сант-Анджело замогы”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทซันตันเจโล”
  • Turkish: “Sant’Angelo Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Сант-Анджело”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Св. Ангела”
  • Ukrainian: “Мавзолей Адріана”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ سانت اینجلو”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ سینٹ اینجلو”
  • Uzbek: “Castel Sant’Angelo”
  • Uzbek: “Cастел Сант’Ангело”
  • Uzbek: “Zamok Svyatogo Angela”
  • Uzbek: “Замок Святого Ангела”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Thiên Thần”
  • Western Panjabi: “سینٹ اینجلو قلع”

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