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The holy angel fort is a mausoleum built on the banks of the Tiber River, designed and personally commanded by the emperor of the Roman emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century, as a place of rest for himself and his successors. A few centuries have passed, and the Holy Angel Fort has undergone some changes: first as a fortress to prevent the Visigoths and the East Germans invasion, and then as a prison, and finally converted into a gorgeous Roman Pope palace. Now the National Museum, the museum in addition to the collection of stuccoes, frescoes and the Pope`s residential furniture, the ancient weapons is here an important collection of precious. The holy angel bridge across the Tiber River is the most beautiful bridge in the city of Rome. There are twelve statues of angels on the bridge, and every angel is holding the same torture of Jesus. From the hands of Bernini.Photo taken in April 2017.