Castel Sant'Angelo Tour

The castle is the main witness of Rome's historical changes. Like a time machine, its loggias, rooms and galleries are freighted of the events the city has been through, like browsing a history book where each page has left a tangible mark on its walls Even if a castle, by definition, is a closed space of defense, almost detached from its context, this fortress shared the destiny of the city with its heydays and decays so intrinsically I've always seen this building as a landmark expressing the control of the Church over the population, a bulwark against the attitude to crime and I still have the feeling of almost entering a prison more than a monument with all that this entails in terms of reverence and fear I'll share with you hopes and despair of prisoners, Emperors, Generals, Kings and Popes who contributed to the Castle's reputation to finally provide a deep insight of the roman society through the centuries in a monument that still carries the burden of time and events