Photo credits
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Castel Sant'Angelo seen from the Ponte Sant'Angelo against a bright blue sky: the round brick drum of the old mausoleum, the square upper block with the bronze angel on top and the marble angel statues of the bridge in the foreground
Marek Mróz · CC BY 4.0 · colours and contrast edited


Castel Sant'Angelo and the Ponte Sant'Angelo seen from the Tiber embankment, with the arches and the castle reflected in the calm water under a sky of light clouds
Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · colours and contrast edited

The Ponte Sant'Angelo leading to Castel Sant'Angelo on a bright day, with white clouds in a blue sky and some of the marble angels along the bridge parapet
Livioandronico2013 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The Ponte Sant'Angelo leading to the castle, with two marble angel statues on their pedestals in the foreground, visitors walking on the bridge and a deep blue sky
Quentin Lowagie / Klow · CC BY 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

Close view of the huge round drum of Castel Sant'Angelo, Hadrian's old mausoleum, with its rows of small arches and the battlemented outer wall in front, under a blue sky
Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0 · colours and contrast edited

The top of Castel Sant'Angelo: the bronze statue of the Archangel Michael with spread wings on the summit, above the brick upper block with its loggia and the terrace where tiny figures of visitors stand
Livioandronico2013 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

An old cannon with a green bronze barrel on a wooden carriage next to a pile of round stone cannonballs in a wooden tray, on a herringbone brick floor in front of a brick wall
AlfvanBeem · CC0 · colours and contrast edited

St. Peter's Basilica and its dome seen from Castel Sant'Angelo over the terracotta rooftops of the Borgo district, under a clear blue sky
Alf van Beem · CC0 · colours and contrast edited

View from the castle looking down on the Ponte Sant'Angelo and the Tiber, with a tour boat passing and people walking among the angel statues of the bridge
Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · colours and contrast edited


The curved Courtyard of Alexander VI inside the castle, with faded frescoes on the walls, a pile of stone cannonballs and a wooden catapult, under a blue sky with a few clouds
Falk2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited


A long straight corridor of rough stone and brick inside the old mausoleum, rising toward a lit arched niche at the far end where a small display stands behind a rope
Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0 · colours and contrast edited

The Passetto di Borgo, the raised brick corridor linking the castle to the Vatican, crossing the grassy dry moat on tall arches among trees and a blue sky
Falk2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

High-angle view of Castel Sant'Angelo in warm light, with the round drum, the upper terrace where tiny visitors stand and the rooftops of Rome and a large ornate palace behind it
Schlurcher · CC BY 4.0 · colours and contrast edited

The Colosseum seen from outside on a sunny day, with its three tiers of arches against a blue sky
Christoph Strässler · CC BY-SA 2.0 · colours and contrast edited

St. Peter's Square in warm light, with the Egyptian obelisk on the left, the colonnades on both sides and the Basilica with its dome in the background under a blue sky
Nan Palmero from San Antonio, TX, USA · CC BY 2.0 · colours and contrast edited

The Cortile della Pigna in the Vatican Museums seen from above: green lawns with red flowering pots, gravel paths with a few visitors, the long gallery wall and a large golden sphere sculpture in the distance
Góngora · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited