It's the most beautiful and most perfect of Roman bridges: no flood of the Tiber has ever damaged. Since medieval times was the shortest route frequented by pilgrims directed to St. Peter. From here, among others, passed Dante Alighieri came to Rome for the Jubilee of 1300. The tragedy of the Holy Year 1450, when the parapet of the bridge is not resisted the pressure of the crowd and caused the downfall and death by drowning of 150 people, convinced Pope Sixtus IV to eliminate stores that restrict the passage and provide for construction of a new bridge, just downstream. The final landscaping was completed in 1600 with the arrangement of angels designed by Bernini. Crossing the bridge you are at the heart of the story behind the medieval town and the square was the scene of executions until the end of the 1800, before the bulk of Castel Sant'Angelo, on the left the dome of St. Peter and on the right bridge Umberto I and the Palace of Justice, the symbols of Rome Capital.
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