Italy - Rome - Blue hour over Castel Sant'Angelo
Rome and its beautiful sites are featured in the new movie "Angels & Demons". I was in the city at the time of worldwide premier, however due to demanding shooting times (from 4am to 10PM) I had no time to go to see the movie. I have however enjoyed the city itself instead.
Castel Sant'Angelo (on the photo) is the final stop on Langdon's Illuminati trail. A giant fortified structure, Castel Sant'Angelo was first begun by Emperor Hadrian in AD 135 as his mausoleum and has been used subsequently as an armored stronghold, a prison and a papal residence, with a private walled passageway all the way to the Vatican. The Castel Sant'Angelo appeared in Dan Brown's 2000 novel Angels and Demons. The location was the secret lair for the Hassassin and was seen as the last existing church of the Illuminati. The book also emphasized the Passetto di Borgo as a secret way of getting from the Vatican to the castle. The castle appeared in the film Roman Holiday in a scene taking place on barges on the river below. In Puccini's opera, Tosca, the Castel is where Cavaradossi is held prisoner. After murdering Scarpia in his private room at the Palazzo Farnese, Floria Tosca goes to the Castel Sant' Angelo, safe conducts in hand, where her lover, Mario Cavaradossi is to be executed. She has been led to believe it will be a mock execution and is horrified to find her lover dead. Rather than be arrested by Scarpia's henchmen, she throws herself from the rooftop.
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Lens’s focal length: 17.00 - 40.00 mm, Photo Focal length: 23.00 mm, Aperture: 22, Exposure time: 10.0 s, ISO: 50
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Divye$H $hAh (37 months ago | reply)
beautiful composition!
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nur-u ay (37 months ago | reply)
Wonderful!!
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Manuel Betancor (37 months ago | reply)
I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
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khalilshah (37 months ago | reply)
Splendid
alexsap (37 months ago | reply)
Great!
Hamad AlSarraf [deleted] (37 months ago | reply)
the lights look so different
a really amazing shot !
filipmije (37 months ago | reply)
Great picture of a city I love :) Very nice polarisation effect in the sky !
^soulfly (37 months ago | reply)
Great image...great city...
City of Angels indeed!
Rolf Andreas (37 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot! I just love the city! And the ice cream!
Robert Scott Photography.ca (37 months ago | reply)
Great write-up with the photograph! Always great to get a little bit of information on what you're looking at!
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Mina Photography (37 months ago | reply)
that's really amazing lucie ,, I had a chance to be at this place ,,, unfortunately without a camera ,, :(
Thanks for sharing it ,, I like it the symmetry !
fuerst (37 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot of the bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo!
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Jarrah.Alharbi (37 months ago | reply)
Big
woooooooooooooooooow
Chee Seong (37 months ago | reply)
Great composition!
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Hamad A. Alajmi - www.Q8italk.com (37 months ago | reply)
good moment w great angle :))
حّ ــפﱡ آ פﱡ ט ♥ (37 months ago | reply)
wooow !
am speechless !
i saw the movie and it was amazing any way
that scene was not good as this picture !
maybe because of the time ! i don't know !
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amazing
really well done =)
and have fun " take more shots "
X'D
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A.Alwosaibie (37 months ago | reply)
very very nice shot!!
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frozencycler (37 months ago | reply)
A wonderful picture and an interesting text, congratulations for your job!
M. Al-Nafisi (37 months ago | reply)
nicely done
bubblybilly (expired pro account :( ) (37 months ago | reply)
fantastic!
Bogaugon (37 months ago | reply)
One of my favourites places in Rome, and inside the room where the secrets can't be kept.
robinngeorge (37 months ago | reply)
very well taken
Papide (37 months ago | reply)
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sanguedolces (37 months ago | reply)
The magic of the blu hour is displaied in a perfect way in this shot. As italian I thank you for this nice prize and as photographeur newborn my congratulations for this splendid shot.
Pappu | Photography Love :: NIKON (37 months ago | reply)
nice compo...
Carlos D. Ramirez (37 months ago | reply)
Lucie, the nice perspective of this shot provides a beautiful angle to appreciate the beauty of this place. Your have crafted a nice composition and an amazing symmetric capture. Nice work indeed.
mateobovet (37 months ago | reply)
Great lights
The_WRB (37 months ago | reply)
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►Klaus Allmannsberger Photography (37 months ago | reply)
Fantastic town!
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jagudo (37 months ago | reply)
Great and difficult one. Good composition.
mdn09 (37 months ago | reply)
great..
dixie_law (37 months ago | reply)
I thouroughly enjoyed reading your comments to this photo - makes it mean so much more. I like the angle on this shot and the fact that you've included the statues and the lights - gives the building more of a setting or theme. I really enjoyed the book Angels and Demons, mostly because of his great descriptions of the amazing architecture. Instead of seeing the movie, maybe we should just watch your photostream :)
Marco Verdesi (37 months ago | reply)
Awesome!!!
I live in Rome, when you were here?
Next time, I'd like to meet you! :D
Rashdi (37 months ago | reply)
Marvelous take
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vulkan75 (37 months ago | reply)
super composition Lucie...great shot!
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Really nice...
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Aubrey Stoll (37 months ago | reply)
Nice capture and a good perspective. Nice work
ivan.pertica (37 months ago | reply)
Love this shot so symmetrical and peaceful.