The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location

Hadrian's Mausoleum

Also known as Castel Sant'Angelo, Mole of Hadrian, Mausoleum of Hadrian

  • building
  • Roman imperial

A vast circular tomb rising from a square base, once sheathed in white Parian marble and crowned with statues. Converted into a citadel, it is occupied and refortified through the medieval struggles for Rome.

Type
building
Style
Roman imperial
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 180
Books
1

History

  1. BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)

    A vast circular tomb rising from a square base, once sheathed in white Parian marble and crowned with statues. Converted into a citadel, it is occupied and refortified through the medieval struggles for Rome.

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