To the average eye, the stone Passetto di Borgo that runs 2,600 feet from Vatican City to the Castel Sant’Angelo looks like a plain old fortification. But within its walls is a passageway that ...

The Passetto di Borgo is a fascinating historical construction that connects the Vatican City with Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome. Stretching approximately 800 meters, this fortified passage has witnessed ...

Called Il Passetto di Borgo, it is a fortified, medieval-era corridor that served as a covered walkway linking the Vatican to Castel Sant'Angelo, a fortress just beyond Borgo's border.

The Passetto di Borgo's origins date to the 6th century but it was not until 1277 that it was established as an escape route. Its most famous use came during the 1527 Sack of Rome, when Pope ...

Rome, September 4 - Some fragments of the exterior walls of the Passetto di Borgo, the covered walkway that leads from Castel San'Angelo to the Vatican, fell off on Tuesday morning, police said.

A historic secret passage connecting the Vatican with Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo has reopened to the public on Monday. The famous Passetto di Borgo which dates back to the 6th century served as ...