Tag: Pope Clemens VII
Rome: San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
Piacenza: San Sisto
Orvieto: Rocca dell’Albornoz and Pozzo di San Patrizio
Orvieto: the museums of the Palazzi Papali
Rome: San Luigi dei Francesi
Rome: Castel Sant’Angelo

The Castel Sant’Angelo (Castle of the Angel) is one of the most conspicuous buildings along the river Tiber. It is difficult to imagine that this imposing cylindrical drum on a large square platform was once the tomb of the Roman Emperor Hadrianus (117-138), also known as Hadrian. The original decorations…