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CASTEL SANT’ANGELO, TALES OF GHOSTS AND SPIRITS

Suspended between sky and river, Ponte Sant’Angelo sleeps by day and whispers by night.
Its angel statues stand watch in silence,
but beneath their gaze of stone flow memories of blood and regret.

Each year, as September fades into autumn,
a woman dressed in white crosses the bridge in silence.
In her hands, she carries her own severed head,
and her sightless eyes still search for justice.
She is Beatrice Cenci, condemned for daring to defy cruelty.
For centuries, she has returned—
a prisoner of a sentence no earthly court can ever undo.

But she is not alone.
In the faint footsteps echoing on the ancient stones
linger the souls of the condemned,
those who once crossed this bridge for the last time.
Invisible chains follow them,
and the wind that brushes the Tiber carries their sighs.

Sometimes, in the stillest hours of the night,
the river stops, and Rome holds its breath.
Shadows move among the marble angels,
and the boundary between life and eternity grows thin—
like a trembling flame in the dark.

So when you walk across Ponte Sant’Angelo,
don’t turn around if you hear a step behind you.
Perhaps it’s only the wind…
or perhaps, an ancient soul asking not to be forgotten.

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