D'Auvergne, Edmund B. (Edmund Basil) · London, T.W. Laurie · leaf 52
edecimated by cannon shot. To rescue their chiefs,the people were obliged to submit to terms, and thesiege was raised. Antonio Ridio, probably the nextcastellan, struck down the governor of the city, whowas suspected of treason to the Holy See, while hewas visiting the fortress in the year 1440.… … ol-lwo << 3 U) c [I. CJ s ^ SANT ANGELO AND THE VATICAN 33 impress on the Castle of the Angel. He refaced thecentral tower with the wall which, much altered, remainsto-day, and built another wall on the outer edge of theold Roman basement, with a heavy machicolated parapetand round towers at…
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