{"id":15276,"date":"2011-11-11T22:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=15276"},"modified":"2021-03-15T12:58:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:58:22","slug":"atop-castel-santangelo-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15276","title":{"rendered":"Atop Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo in Rome, Italy is in remarkably good repair considering that it is over 1800 years old .\u00a0 The fact that the structure has been in nearly constant use since it was built undoubtedly has contributed to its preservation.<\/p>\n<p>From the upper battlements, visitors to Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo enjoy a panoramic view of the Eternal City. Looking southeast, one can see the broad dome of the Pantheon, the National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II, and the domes of several Roman churches. Among those domes is the somewhat octagonal dome of Chiesa del Ges\u00f9, directly in front of the Victor Emmanuel Monument. Also seen are the domes of San Salvatore in Lauro just to the left of the dome of Sant&#8217;Agnese in Agone in the Piazza Navona. Further to the right are the domes of Santa&#8217;Andrea della Valle and San Carlo ai Catinari.<\/p>\n<p>Directly west of Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo stands Saint Peter&#8217;s Basilica in the State of the Vatican City.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Castel-Sant-Angelo-Tower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15277\" title=\"Tower of Castel Sant'Angelo\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Castel-Sant-Angelo-Tower.jpg\" alt=\"Tower of Castel Sant'Angelo\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Castel-Sant-Angelo-Tower.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Castel-Sant-Angelo-Tower-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Castel-Sant-Angelo-Tower-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Tower of Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Tower of 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\/Atop-Castel-Sant-Angelo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15278\" title=\"Atop Castel Sant'Angelo\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Atop-Castel-Sant-Angelo.jpg\" alt=\"Atop Castel Sant'Angelo\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Atop-Castel-Sant-Angelo.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Atop-Castel-Sant-Angelo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Atop-Castel-Sant-Angelo-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Atop Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 Atop 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\/Southeast-of-Castel-Sant-Angelo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15279\" title=\"View to the Southeast of Castel Sant'Angelo\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Southeast-of-Castel-Sant-Angelo.jpg\" alt=\"View to the Southeast of Castel Sant'Angelo\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Southeast-of-Castel-Sant-Angelo.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Southeast-of-Castel-Sant-Angelo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Southeast-of-Castel-Sant-Angelo-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>View to the Southeast of Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 View to the Southeast of 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\/St-Peters-Basilica-from-Castel-Sant-Angelo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15280\" title=\"View of Saint Peter's Basilica\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/St-Peters-Basilica-from-Castel-Sant-Angelo.jpg\" alt=\"View of Saint Peter's Basilica\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/St-Peters-Basilica-from-Castel-Sant-Angelo.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/St-Peters-Basilica-from-Castel-Sant-Angelo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/St-Peters-Basilica-from-Castel-Sant-Angelo-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>View of Saint Peter&#8217;s Basilica<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0 View of Saint Peter&#8217;s Basilica (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>Castel Sant&#8217;Angelo in Rome, Italy is in remarkably good repair considering that it is over 1800 years old .\u00a0 The fact that the structure has been in nearly constant use since it was built undoubtedly has contributed to its preservation. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/15276\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[325,311,331],"class_list":["post-15276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-journal","tag-italy","tag-mediterranean-vacation","tag-rome"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pyBfX-3Yo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15276"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22661,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15276\/revisions\/22661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}