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Ponte St. AngeloRemains of Neronian Bridgeinscription digamma inversumstade de Domitien (Via di tor sanguigna)stade de Domitien (Via di tor sanguigna)stade de Domitien (Via di tor sanguigna)stade de Domitien (Ecole française de Rome)stade de Domitien (Ecole française de Rome)Stadium DomitanusMinotaurus, Stadium of DomitianusStadium of DomitianVaticano ObeliskPasquinoColumns from the Theatre of PompeyMausoleum of Augustus on Field of Mars, RomeMausoleum of Augustus, inscriptionmausolée augustemausolée augustemausolée augusteThe Egyptain ObeliskPantheon, facadePantheon FrontMaquette PantheonBasilica di Nettunotemple de Matidietemple de Matidieabbate luigiColumns from the Theatre of PompeyTheater of Pompeius

Location:

  • Italy, Vatican City
  • geo:41.903065,12.466355
  • Exact location

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=7857

Annotations

This building was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The building was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum.

It was built between 135 AD and 139 AD. 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 AD, together with those of his wife Sabina, and his first adopted son, Lucius Aelius, who also died in 138 AD. Following this, the remains of succeeding emperors were also placed here, the last recorded deposition being Caracalla in 217 AD. The urns containing these ashes were probably placed in what is now known as the Treasury room deep within the building.1

References

  1. Wikipedia: Castel Sant'Angelo

Het gebouw dat nu bekend staat als De Engelenburg werd tussen 135 em 139 gebouwd door keizer Hadrianus als een mausoleum voor zichzelf en zijn familie. Oorspronkelijk was het gebouw een gedecoreerde cylinder met een tuin op het dak. Een jaar na zijn dood in Baiae in 138 werd het as van Hadrianus hier bijgezet, samen met dat van zijn vrouw Sabina en hun eerste geadopteerde zoon Lucius Aelius. Hierna werd ook latere keizer hier bijgezet. De laatste keizer waarvan bekend is dat dit gebeurd is is Caracalla in 217. De urnen werden waarschijnlijk in de kamer geplaatst die nu bekend staat als de schatkamer, diep in het binnenste van het gebouw.


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Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

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Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre

Prefectural Museum of Antiquities (Rouen)

Prefectural Museum of Antiquities (Rouen)


Nearby

Engelsbrücke (Pons Aelius)

Engelsbrücke (Pons Aelius)

Reste d'un portique

Restes d'un portique

Meta Romuli

Early Imperial pyramidal tomb located on the E side of the *Tiber, at the intersection of the post-Augustan Via Cornelia and the *Via Triumphalis.


This object was added by René Voorburg on 2012-06-24. Last update by René Voorburg on 2014-01-02. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/7857 . Download as RDF/XML, GeoJSON, KML.
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