A Week in Rome: Castel Sant' Angelo - Continued

Now that's quality construction, that is. The bridge connects the castle to Rome's historic core across the Tiber River. The bridge is lined with more recent--but still very old--additions of angel statues:

The Tiber River itself is, like Florence's River Arn, a slow-moving river by Western US standards. Wide and lazy it winds between what was the center of Imperial Rome and the outlying developments, such as the Vatican City. From the top of Castel Sant' Angelo, we could see vast clouds of swallows dancing over the river, almost like flights of bats.

And finally, the sunset over the Vatican City.