The Castel Sant'Angelo

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Originally the castle, which was intended as a mausoleum, was covered with a conical surmounted by earth works shaped as a cone and covered with pine trees, all to reinforce the symbol of the immortality of the emperor, an earthen pyramid which grew pine trees, which were a symbol of life.
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