{"id":15244,"date":"2011-11-10T22:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=15244"},"modified":"2021-03-15T12:54:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:54:15","slug":"inside-castel-santangelo-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15244","title":{"rendered":"Inside Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A tour inside Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo in Rome, Italy gives visitors the clear understanding that this structure was used as a fortress, a residence, and as a prison. A passageway tall and wide enough to accommodate a horse-drawn wagon spirals from ground level to the top of Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo, allowing munitions and supplies to be brought to the upper levels. Some individual cells in the structure lent themselves to defense of Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo while other cells were more suited to penal purposes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spiral-Walkway.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15245\" title=\"Spiral Passageway in Castel Sant'Angelo\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spiral-Walkway.jpg\" alt=\"Spiral Passageway in Castel Sant'Angelo\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spiral-Walkway.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spiral-Walkway-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Spiral-Walkway-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Spiral Passageway in Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Spiral Passageway in Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 12 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Courtyard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15246\" title=\"Courtyard in Castel Sant'Angelo\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Courtyard.jpg\" alt=\"Courtyard in Castel Sant'Angelo\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Courtyard.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Courtyard-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Courtyard-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Courtyard in Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Courtyard in Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 12 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tools-and-Weapons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15247\" title=\"Munitions and Tools in Castel Sant'Angelo\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tools-and-Weapons.jpg\" alt=\"Munitions and Tools in Castel Sant'Angelo\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tools-and-Weapons.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tools-and-Weapons-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tools-and-Weapons-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Munitions and Tools in Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Munitions and Tools in Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 12 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Guardhouse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15248\" title=\"Guardhouse in Castel Sant'Angelo\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Guardhouse.jpg\" alt=\"Guardhouse in Castel Sant'Angelo\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Guardhouse.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Guardhouse-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Guardhouse-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Guardhouse in Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Guardhouse in Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo (Rome, Lazio, Italy); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 12 August 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tour inside Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo in Rome, Italy gives visitors the clear understanding that this structure was used as a fortress, a residence, and as a prison. 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