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Rome's circular fortress on the Tiber, from imperial mausoleum to papal stronghold

The bronze statue of Archangel Michael, standing on top of the castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, modelled in 1748 by Peter Anton von Verschaffelt (1710–1793).
The bronze statue of Archangel Michael, standing on top of the castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, modelled in 1748 by Peter Anton von Verschaffelt (1710–1793). © Original photo by Sylvie Boterdaele, post-processed and uploaded by Alessio Damato (with permission of the author), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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