Posts Tagged ‘Passetto di Borgo’

Escape route used by popes will be opened to public

Monday, February 18th, 2013

The Vatican and the Italian government have concluded an agreement over the escape route used by popes to flee the Vatican when Rome was invaded. The 800-metre Passetto di Borgo is a covered corridor running on top of the walls joining the Vatican to Castel Sant’Angelo, the towering cylindrical fortress on the edge of the Read more