Editing Castel Sant'Angelo (section)

==Hadrian's tomb==
[[File:Engelsburg und Engelsbrücke abends.jpg|thumb|Castel Sant'Angelo from the [[Ponte Sant'Angelo]]. The top statue is of [[Michael (archangel)|Michael the Archangel]], the angel from whom the building derives its name.]]
[[File:Angels Sant'Angelo Bridge 1.jpg|thumb|[[Ponte Sant'Angelo]]s Angel figures]]
The tomb of the Roman emperor [[Hadrian]], also called '''Hadrian's mole''',<ref>
{{cite book|last=Gibbon|first=Edward |title=The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire |location=New York|year=1826|edition=4th American|volume=6|page=369|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yy4MAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Adrian%27s+Mole%22&pg=PA369}}
</ref> was erected on the [[wikt:right bank|right bank]] (or northern edge) of the [[Tiber]], between 134 and 139 AD.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Aicher|first1=Peter J|title=Rome Alive: A Source-Guide to the Ancient City Volume I|date=2004|publisher=Bolchazy-Carducci|url=http://archive1.village.virginia.edu/spw4s/RomanForum/GoogleEarth/AK_GE/AK_HTML/TM-004.html|access-date=2 January 2015|archive-date=5 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005081759/http://archive1.village.virginia.edu/spw4s/RomanForum/GoogleEarth/AK_GE/AK_HTML/TM-004.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Originally the mausoleum was a decorated cylinder, with a garden top and golden [[quadriga]]. Hadrian's ashes were placed here a year after his death in [[Baiae]] in 138, together with those of his wife [[Vibia Sabina|Sabina]], and his first adopted son, [[Lucius Aelius]], who died in 138. Following this, the remains of succeeding emperors were also put here, the last recorded deposition being [[Caracalla]] in 217. The urns containing these ashes were probably placed in what is now known as the Treasury Room, deep within the building. Hadrian also built the [[Ponte Sant'Angelo|Pons Aelius]] facing straight onto the mausoleum – it still provides a scenic approach from the center of Rome and the left bank of the Tiber, and is renowned for the [[Baroque]] additions of statues of angels holding aloft instruments of the [[Passion of Christ]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Passeggio di Ponte S. Angelo |url=https://www.romeartlover.it/Vasi85b.html |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=www.romeartlover.it}}</ref>