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Encyclopedia > Ponte Sant'Angelo
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Ponte Sant'Angelo.

Ponte Sant'Angelo, once the Aelian Bridge or pons Aelius or bridge of Hadrian, is a bridge in Rome, constructed between 134-139 by Roman Emperor Hadrian, to span from the town center to his newly constructed mausoleum, now the towering Castel Sant'Angelo. It is faced with travertine marble and spans the river Tiber with three arches, which it was approached by means of ramp from the river. The bridge is now solely pedestrian, and provides a photogenic vista of the Castel Sant'Angelo. It links the rioni of Ponte (which was named after the bridge itself), and Borgo. Image File history File links Sant'_Angelo_bridge. ... Image File history File links Sant'_Angelo_bridge. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC (mythical), early 1st millennium BC (archaeological) Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... Roman Emperor is the term historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... A bust of Hadrian. ... Castel SantAngelo Castel SantAngelo from the bridge. ... Tiber River in Rome The River Tiber (Italian Tevere), the third-longest river in Italy at 406 km (252 miles) after the Po and the Adige, flows through Rome in its course from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which it reaches in two branches that cross the suburbs of... Rione (plural: rioni) is the name given to a ward in several Italian cities, the best-known of which is Rome. ... Logo of the rione Ponte is the fifth rione of Rome. ... Logo of the rione Borgo is the XIV rione of Rome. ...

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Angel with the Cross by Ercole Ferrata. The base bears the wording: Cuius principatus super humerum eius (Isaiah, ix). The angels were designed by Bernini

In times past, pilgrims used this bridge to reach the St Peter's Basilica and was known also with the name of "bridge of Saint Peter" (pons Sancti Petri). In century under Pope Gregory, both the castle and the bridge took on the name for Sant'Angelo. Legend holds that an angel appeared and the roof of the castle to announce the end of the plague. During the 1450 jubilee, balustrades of the bridge yielded due to the great crowds of the pilgrims and many died by drowning in the river. In response, some houses at the head of the bridge as well as a Roman triumphal arch were pulled down in order to widen the route for pilgrims. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (464x608, 69 KB) from de:wiki with these data: Beschreibung: Eigene Fotografie einer der zehn Engel-Statuen auf der Engelsbrücke in Rom. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (464x608, 69 KB) from de:wiki with these data: Beschreibung: Eigene Fotografie einer der zehn Engel-Statuen auf der Engelsbrücke in Rom. ... Isaiah the Prophet in Hebrew Scriptures was depicted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo. ... Interior view, with the nave of the Cattedra in the back St. ... Pope Gregory has been the name of sixteen Roman Catholic Popes: Pope Gregory I, also called Gregory the Great Pope Gregory II Pope Gregory III Pope Gregory IV Pope Gregory V Pope Gregory VI Pope Gregory VII Pope Gregory VIII Pope Gregory IX Pope Gregory X Pope Gregory XI Pope... Events March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen April 15 - Battle of Formigny. ...


For centuries after 16th century, the bridge was used to expose the bodies of the executed. In 1535, Pope Clement VII allocated the toll income of the bridge to erecting the statues of the apostles saint Peter and Saint Paul to which subsequently the four evangelists and the patriarchs were added to other representing statues Adam, Noah, Abraham, and Moses. In 1669 Pope Clement IX commissioned replacements for the aging stucco angels by Raffaello da Montelupo, commmisioned by Paul III. Bernini's program called for ten angels holding instruments of the Passion: he personally only finished the two originals of the Angels with the Superscription "I.N.R.I." and with the Crown of Thorns, but these were kept by Clement IX for his own pleasure. They are now in the church of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, also in Rome. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... For the antipope (1378–1394) see antipope Clement VII and other Popes named Clement see Pope Clement. ... // Events Samuel Pepys stopped writing his diary. ... Clement IX, né Giulio Rospigliosi (January 28, 1600 - December 9, 1669) was pope from 1667 to 1669. ... Pope Paul III, (1543) portrait by Titian (Tiziano Vecelli), Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples Paul III, né Alessandro Farnese (February 29, 1468 - November 10, 1549) was pope from 1534 to 1549. ... A self portrait: Bernini is said to have used his own features in the David (below, left) Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598 - November 28, 1680), who worked chiefly in Rome, was the pre-eminent baroque artist. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

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The bridge seen from the ramparts of the Castel Sant'Angelo and looking towards central Rome.

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (768x1024, 173 KB) Summary Photographer: ryarwood Title: Ponte SantAngelo, Roma, Italy Taken on: 2005-07-28 Original source: Flickr. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (768x1024, 173 KB) Summary Photographer: ryarwood Title: Ponte SantAngelo, Roma, Italy Taken on: 2005-07-28 Original source: Flickr. ...

List of angels

  1. Angel with the Column (Antonio Beams, inscription "Tronus meus in columna").[1]
  2. Angel with the Whips (Lazzaro Morelli, inscription "In flagella paratus sum").[2]
  3. Angel with the Crown of Thorns (Bernini and son Paolo, now in church of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte. Copy on the bridge by Paul Naldini (inscription "In aerumna mea dum configitur spina").[3]
  4. Angel with the Sudarium (Veronica’s Veil) (Cosimo Fancelli, Respice faciem Christi tui)[1].[4]
  5. Angel with the Garment and Dice (Paul Naldini, inscription "super vestimentum meum miserunt sortem").[5]
  6. Angel with the Nail (Girolamo Lucenti, inscription "Aspicient ad me quem confixerunt").[6]
  7. Angel with the Cross (Ercole Ferrata, registration "Cuius principatus super humerum eius").[7]
  8. Angel with the Superscription (Copy by Giulio Cartari (inscription "Regnavit a ligno deus").[8]
  9. Angel with the Sponge (Antonio Giorgetti, inscription "Potaverunt me aceto").[9]
  10. Angel with the Lance (Domenico Guides, inscription "Vulnerasti cor meum").[10]

Of the statues on bridge prior to Bernini's update, only those of the two apostles, Saint Peter and Paul, remain. A self portrait: Bernini is said to have used his own features in the David (below, left) Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598 - November 28, 1680), who worked chiefly in Rome, was the pre-eminent baroque artist. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Ercole Ferrata (1610-1686) was an Italian sculptor of the Roman Baroque school. ...


Notes

  1. ^ My throne is upon a column
  2. ^ I am ready for the whip (Ps. 37:18, Sixto-Clementine Vulgate Ed.)
  3. ^ [I am twisted] In my affliction, whilst the thorn is fastened upon me. (Ps. 31:4, Sixto-Clementine Vulgate Ed.)
  4. ^ Look upon the face of Thy Christ
  5. ^ Upon my vesture they cast lots. (Ps. 21:19)
  6. ^ They shall look upon me whom they have pierced (Zech. 12:10)
  7. ^ Whose government shall be upon His shoulder (Isa. 9:6)
  8. ^ God has reigned from the Tree [of the Cross]
  9. ^ They gave me vineagar to drink (Ps. 68:22)
  10. ^ Thou hast ravished my heart

External links

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