The Rome of Angels and Demons

The sights in Rome featured in the Dan Brown novel (and Tom Hanks movie) Angels & Demons

Dan Brown's Angels and Demons
Angels & Demons
, by Dan Brown.
One thing all you Dan Brown fans should know: Bernini's art does not comprise some kind of giant, Roman-spanning baroque geocaching map of clues to a dark and dangerous secret.

Also, the author took several literary licenses with history (and even placement of churches around the city) in order to get his thrilling plot to tick just right.

What's more, the Vatican was (unsurprisingly) excessivley un-cooperative when the movie came to Rome to film, so none of the church interiors in which you see Tom Hanks scurrying around on the big screen are real. They're all sets based on the actual churches.

SPOILER ALERT
Actually, I fully intend not to reveal anything important about the plot. I'm just going to present the sites themselves below, without mentioning anything about their role in the book or movie.

If you read it or saw it, you'll know (well, if you only saw the movie, you might be confused by the inclusion of a few spots here since the book visits more places in Rome than the film did). I might later create a fans-only page that details each sights role in the plot.
Still, for many people, Angels & Demons was their first introduction to some of Rome's excellent, slightly less famous sights, like the churches of Santa Maria del Popolo and Santa Maria della Vittoria.

For you fans, I provide the following cheat sheet to help you find all the major sights in featured in the book and movie.

Or, you might prefer simply to take an Angels & Demons–themed tour of Rome.

Angels & Demons sights in Rome

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An Angels & Demons tour of Rome



The book:
Angels & Demons (novel)
Angels & Demons (book)


The movie:
Angels & Demons (dvd)
Angels & Demons (movie)

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Planning your day: Rome wasn't built in a day, and you'd be hard-pressed to see it in that brief a time as well. Still, you can cram a lot into just a day or three.

To help you get the most out of your limited time in the Eternal City, here are some perfect itineraries, whether you have one, two, three, or four days to spend in Rome.

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An Angels & Demons tour of Rome



The book:
Angels & Demons (novel)
Angels & Demons (book)


The movie:
Angels & Demons (dvd)
Angels & Demons (movie)


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