The statue of an Angel from the school of Bernini along Ponte Sant'Angelo in the Baroque heart of Rome - stock photo

A beautiful and idyllic sunset sky behind a Bernini's angel along Ponte Sant'Angelo, in the historic and Baroque heart of Rome. This bridge was built over the River Tiber at the behest of the emperor Hadrian in 134 AD to connect the heart of the Ancient Rome with his mausoleum, currently Castel Sant'Angelo. A few centuries later, under the pontificate of Pope Clement IX, the architect and sculptor Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini was commissioned to create the current balustrade decorated with ten statues of the Angels of the Passion of Christ. According to the Christian tradition, each Angel holds one of the relics of the Passion of Christ, such as the cross, the veil of Veronica, the nails, the spear, the pillar of the scourging, etc. Designed by Bernini, the statues were made under his direction in 1669 by the pupils present in his school of sculpture. In 1980 the historic center of Rome was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. Super wide angle image in high definition format.