Sant'Angelo Castel

Also known as Hadrian's Mausoleum

Castel Sant'Angelo (or Mole Adrianorum or Castellum Crescentii in the 10th-12th century), also called the Mausoleum of Hadrian, is a monument of Rome, located on the right bank of the Tiber in front of the pons Aelius (current Sant'Angelo bridge), a short distance from the Vatican, between the Borgo and Prati districts; it is connected to the Vatican State through the fortified corridor of the "passetto". The castle has been radically modified several times in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.