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The upper floors are filled with lavishly decorated Renaissance interiors, including the
beautifully frescoed Sala Paolina. Two stories further up, the terrace, immortalised by
Puccini in his opera
Tosca
, commands great views over Rome.
BRIDGE
Ponte Sant'Angelo
( Piazza Pia)
The emperor Hadrian built Ponte Sant'Angelo in 136 to provide an ap-
proach to his mausoleum (now Castel Sant'Angelo), but it was Bernini who brought it to
life with his angel sculptures in the 17th century.
