Statua di S. Michele

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• A legend exists that tells of the apparition of Archangel Michael on the Mole Adrianea (today the Castel Sant'Angelo) when Rome was hit by the plague. It is said that the angel had a sword in his hand but then he placed it in his sheath as a sign of a good omen and the end of the plague. Consequently, the statue of the angel was commissioned and placed on the highest and most visible point of the castle by Pope Boniface IV. Rome is peppered with statues of angels, such as the series that adorn the Sant'Angelo Bridge in front of the castle, but the Archangel Michael is without doubt the most famous of these. Originally it was to be made completely from bronze but it was later decided to make the body from marble and leave the wings in bronze.
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