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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Informationn
Lungotevere Castello 50.
Map 4 D3 & 11 A1. Tel 06-681
9111. Open 9am–7:30pm
daily (last adm: 6:30pm).
Closed Jan 1, Dec 25. & - 9
7 8 = Exhibitions.
∑ castelsantangelo.
Bronze Angel beniculturali.it
The gigantic statue of the
Archangel Michael is by Transportation
@ 23, 40, 62 to Lungotevere
the 18th-century Flemish
sculptor Pieter Verschaffelt. Vaticano; 34, 49, 87, 280, 492,
926, 990 to Piazza Cavour.
. Sala Paolina
The illusionistic
frescoes by Perin del
Vaga and Pellegrino
Tibaldi (1546–8)
include one of a
courtier entering the
room through a
painted door.

. Staircase of
Alexander VI
This staircase cuts right
through the heart
of the building.

590 Legendary date of Facade of Castel
appearance of Archangel 1493 Pope Alexander VI Sant’Angelo
AD 139
Mausoleum Michael above the castle restores Vatican Corridor
completed by 1390 Pope Boniface IX
Antoninus Pius remodels the castle
AD 100 500 1000 1500
271 Tomb is 1527 Castle withstands siege 1557 Ramparts built
incorporated into Cannonballs in during Sack of Rome to protect the castle
Aurelian Wall and the Courtyard
fortified of Honor 1542–49 Sala Paolina 1870 Castle used as
barracks and
AD 130 Hadrian begins and apartments built for military prison
family mausoleum Pope Paul III

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