Castel Sant'Angelo
castle and museum in Rome, formerly the imperial mausoleum of the emperor Hadrian and subsequent Roman emperors
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Summary
Castel Sant'Angelo is a museum[1]. It ranks in the top 0.087% of museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,886 views/month, #3 of 3,430).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Bernardo Rossellino[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rome[4]
- Country: Italy[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Tiber[6]
- Instance of: quadrangular castle[7], roman mausoleum[8], mausoleum[9], château[10]
- Architect: Decriannus[11]
- Owned by: Hadrian[12]
- Named after: Archangel Michael[13]
- Location: Parco Adriano[14], Municipio I[15], Borgo[16]
- Postal code: 02010[17], 00193[18]
- Commons category: Castel Sant'Angelo (Rome)[19]
- Inception: 139[20]
- Located on street: Lungotevere Castello[21]
- Significant event: start of construction[22]
- Official website: http://www.castelsantangelo.beniculturali.it/[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Castel Sant'Angelo[24]
- Commons gallery: Castel Sant'Angelo (Rome)[25]
- Director / manager: Giovanni Battista Borghese[26]
- Visitors per year: 918,591[27]
- Described by source: Encyclopedic Lexicon[28], Starforts[29], Meyer’s Universum, Erster Band[30]
- Heritage designation: Italian national heritage[31]
- Commons Institution page: Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome[32]
- Date of official opening: 1906[33]
- Native label: Castel Sant'Angelo[34]
- Category for people buried here: Category:Burials at the Castel Sant'Angelo[35]
Body
Identity
Castel Sant'Angelo's short name is recorded as Sant'Angelo[36].
Why It Matters
Castel Sant'Angelo has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]