View Of Rome With The Castel Sant'angelo, Italy 18th Century

View of Rome with the Castel Sant'Angelo and the Tiber, oil on canvas dimensions 52 cm x 67 cm, with the carved wooden frame, 67 cm x 82 cm, Italian school, 18th century. Originally a mausoleum of Hadrian located on the right bank of the Tiber, in 403 included in the Aurelian Wall, it became a fortress. The monument takes its name from a tradition linked to the great plague of 590. Faced with this great scourge, Pope Gregory I decided to organize a solemn penitential procession and it was during this procession that the Archangel Michael appeared and put his sword back into its scabbard, thus announcing the end of the epidemic. The castle is connected to the Vatican State by the Passagio di Borgo. It was remodeled several times in the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance. Today it is a museum belonging to the Italian state.