Archaeoastronomy in the Mausoleum of Hadrian (Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome). (original) (raw)

Abstract

This paper is about our new discovery of the astronomical orientation of the Mausoleum of Hadrian (today's Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome). It is oriented to the Cardinal points but nothing happens during the Equinox. Special luminous phenomena take place instead on Summer Solstice, which was a key date for other astronomically oriented buildings constructed by emperor Hadrian: Hadrian's Villa and the Pantheon.

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