The story
Audio tour · Castle of the Holy Angel
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You're standing at Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome, the massive round building on the bank of the Tiber. Look all the way up. There's a bronze angel up there, sheathing his sword. That's the Archangel Michael, made by the Flemish sculptor Peter Anton von Verschaffelt. He's stood there since the mid-eighteenth century.
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