page_title: Passetto di Borgo
hierarchical_section_title: Passetto di Borgo
caption_attribution_description: English: The rear of Palazzo Rusticucci seen from Vicolo del Farinone
context_page_description: The Passetto di Borgo, or simply Passetto, is an elevated passage that links the Vatican City with the Castel Sant'Angelo. It is an approximately 800 metres long corridor, located in the rione of Borgo. It was erected in 1277 by Pope Nicholas III, but parts of the wall were built by Totila during the Gothic War.
  On at least two occasions it served as an escape route for Popes in danger.
  Pope Alexander VI crossed it in 1494, when Charles VIII invaded the city and the pope's life was in peril.
  Clement VII escaped to safety through this passage during the Sack of Rome in 1527, when troops of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, massacred almost the entire Swiss Guard on the steps of St Peter's Basilica.
context_section_description: The Passetto di Borgo, or simply Passetto, is an elevated passage that links the Vatican City with the Castel Sant'Angelo. It is an approximately 800 metres (2,600 ft) long corridor, located in the rione of Borgo. It was erected in 1277 by Pope Nicholas III, but parts of the wall were built by Totila during the Gothic War.
  On at least two occasions it served as an escape route for Popes in danger.
  Pope Alexander VI crossed it in 1494, when Charles VIII invaded the city and the pope's life was in peril.
  Clement VII escaped to safety through this passage during the Sack of Rome in 1527, when troops of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, massacred almost the entire Swiss Guard on the steps of St Peter's Basilica.
caption: The Passetto in its original context: in background the rear side of Palazzo Rusticucci-Accoramboni seen from Vicolo del Farinone, before the demolition of the neighborhood (c.a 1930)
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