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TIL in Castel Sant'Angelo, Hall of Cupid and Psyche was the bedroom of the apartment built by Pope Paul III Farnese in the 1540s. Here Psyche is the personification of the soul (Psyché means "soul" in Greek) and the tasks she underwent represent the path to spiritual elevation towards salvation.

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