I read Angels and Demons and decided to take my
own" Nathan and Demons" tour.
I found all the sites mentioned, and only a few slight flaws in Dan Brown's
details. At the very least it makes an excellent tour of Rome.
(click on photos to enlarge them—they will look much better)
Piazza del Popolo --site of "Earth" |
The Pantheon |
Raphael Santi's Tomb (in Pantheon) |
Obelisk in Piazza del Popolo |
Star above Popolo |
Santa Maria del Popolo -- Chigi Chapel is inside |
Exterior of Popolo Church |
Skull and bones in Popolo |
Chigi Chapel--Earth |
Pyramid in the Chapel |
Angel and Habakkuk (this does point the right direction) |
Chigi Chapel |
West Ponente--Wind (located in St. Peter's square) |
St. Peter's |
Bernini Hotel |
Santa Maria della Vittoria |
St. Theresa--Fire (definitely not possible in this church for Langdon to have been trapped under a sarcaphagos) |
Piazza Navona--Water (there's really not room for a big underwater fight in this fountain, and a railing would keep a van from pulling up and dumping a priest into the fountain) |
Obelisk with Dove |
Dove (unfortunately this bird does not point toward the Castel San Angelo) |
Horse in the Fountain |
Castel San Angelo (I didn't see a place where Robert could have catapulted himself inside using a TV news truck's antenna) |
Angel on the Bridge |
Road blocks (Robert Langdon ran his car into these) |
Interior tunnels in castle |
Angel on the Castel |