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Castel Sant'Angelo (museum) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 55 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.9167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 012 28 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 12.4667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Built 135-139 CE on right bank of Tiber River at Ponte Sant'Angelo; originally mausoleum of Hadrian and Antonines; converted to fortress in the 5th century; site of Pope Gregory the Great's vision of archangel Michael in 590; refuge for popes in Middle Ages; made a papal residence in the 14th century; a prison until 1901; the main drum has a diameter of 64 meters and a height of 21 meters. |
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| Castel Sant'Angelo (preferred,C,V)
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| Torre dei Crescenzi (C,O)
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| Mausoleo di Adriano (C,V)
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| Sant'Angelo, Castel (C,V)
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| Angelicum castrum (H,V)
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| Crescentii turris (H,V)
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| Hadrianeum (H,V)
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| Sepulcrum Antoninorum (H,V)
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| Angeli castellum (H,V)
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Lazio (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Roma (province) (P) |
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Rome (inhabited place) (P) |
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Borgo (rione) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| museum (preferred, C) |
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| prison (H) |
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| fort (H) |
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| mausoleum (H) |
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| castle (C) |
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| historic site (C) |
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