St Peter’s Basilica
Where apostolic keys reign above Berninian colonnades
Castel Sant’Angelo
Where archangel’s blade glints above the ramparts
DSCF2015 Castle of the Holy Angel, Lungotevere Vaticano, Rome | XF16-55mm f8.9 1/120s ISO500
DSCF2050 Castle of the Holy Angel, Lungotevere Vaticano, Rome | XF16-55mm f8.3 1/170s ISO400
DSCF2098 Castle of the Holy Angel, Lungotevere Vaticano, Rome | XF16-55mm f6.3 1/760s ISO320
DSCF2101 Castle of the Holy Angel, Lungotevere Vaticano, Rome | XF16-55mm f7.4 1/630s ISO320
DSCF2105 Castle of the Holy Angel, Lungotevere Vaticano, Rome | XF16-55mm f7.4 1/190s ISO320
DSCF2108 Mausoleum of Hadrian, Lungotevere Castello, Rome | XF16-55mm f7.4 1/460s ISO320
In 1453 Niccolò V had the third statue, in marble with bronze wings, placed on the top of the building. It was destroyed in 1497 by a lightning that blew up the Castle’s powder magazine.