Borgo district was formed on the spot settlement of the pilgrims at the Cathedral of St. Peter. It was believed that if the die in close proximity to the graves of saints, it will be easier and safer to go to heaven. Pilgrims called area in the German style - "Burg" (the city), which was transformed into an Italian "Borgo". On the maps usually combine the Borgo and the Vatican ....
Therefore subtracting the Vatican (map left) receives a clean Borgo :-) (right )....
of the old Borgo there are not very mnogo.Nebolshie quarters on the left and right of the front street of Via della Konchilyatsone, "hacked" Mussolini through the inns, shops, etc. ...
white line is not just a line, a frontier separating the municipality Rome and the Vatican state education ...
Pogranichnik without Tresor - fighter of Swiss Guards, a security company which has an ancient and long-term contract with the Vatican ...
main attraction Borgo - Castle Sant 'Angelo ...
Originally it was the mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian (II century BC), the layout of the mausoleum on the left, right - the medieval engraving and picture of the castle ...
Castle Sant 'Angelo was in the VIII century, after a while the procession into exile in the city of the plague raged over the mausoleum was the archangel Michael who invests his sword. The sign has been interpreted as a harbinger of deliverance from the plague, and Pope Gregory the Great immediately rechristened Castle and set izvanie. Angel of the way, on account of either the sixth, or seventh. Previous fell victim to the lightning and the lack of bronze on the production of weapons ...
plan of the castle ...
In the castle a few galleries painted with funny, grotesque murals ...
most cool fresco Paolina in the hall ...
in the courtyard an old arsenal ...
Passeto - a secret passage leading from the Vatican Palace to the castle. Built in the XIII century as a safe Released Pope of San Pietro in reliable bastions of Sant'Angelo in unpleasant moments in history ...
hard of attracting some interest being in more than a hundred meters from San Pietro, but nonetheless the church of Santa Maria in Trasportina deserve it. Ostobenno interested in the artillery - One of the chapels dedicated sv.Barbare, patroness of the artillerymen ...
And in another chapel are two columns which according to tradition, were tied Peter and Paul in front of torment ...
On the other side of Sant'Angelo through Via della Konchilyatsone is a complex of Santo Spirito, consisting of hospital, Open to the XV century as a haven for the poor pilgrims and orphans ...
... and the church of Santo Spirito Institute Sassy ...
next to the entrance, an interesting structure - Rota ...
Here mothers leave unwanted babies, passing them through a rotating drum, which guaranteed the anonymity ...
Funny Statue near Roto ...
XV century frescoes in the courtyard of the hospital ...
at the corner of X and Sv.Piya della Konchilyatsone zapechatelnaya orthopedic pharmacy. Very useful for tourists. Perhaps it is not unique in its kind, but such a diversity of corn plasters I never came across any in Rome, nor even in Europe. Two full walls of patches for all possible and impossible :-) configuration rubbed sore feet and toes ...
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