The Column of Trajan in Rome, July 2012
The Column of Trajan in Rome, July 2012
The Column of Trajan in Rome, July 2012
The Column of Trajan in Rome, July 2012
The Column of Trajan in Rome, July 2012
The Base of the Column of Trajan in Rome, July 201…
The Base of the Column of Trajan in Rome, July 201…
The Base of the Column of Trajan in Rome, July 201…
The Base of the Column of Trajan in Rome, July 201…
Detail of the Latin Inscription on the Base of the…
Detail of the Latin Inscription on the Base of the…
Detail of one of the Victories on the Base of the…
Detail of one of the Victories on the Base of the…
Detail of one of the Victories on the Base of the…
Detail of one of the Victories on the Base of the…
Detail of the Trophies on the Base of the Column o…
Detail of the Trophies on the Base of the Column o…
Detail of the Trophies on the Base of the Column o…
Detail of the Trophies on the Base of the Column o…
Detail of the Trophies on the Base of the Column o…
Detail of the Trophies on the Base of the Column o…
Detail of the Trophies on the Base of the Column o…
Detail of the Trophies on the Base of the Column o…
The Column of Trajan in Rome, July 2012
Bust of a Woman in the Capitoline Museum, July 201…
Bust of a Woman in the Capitoline Museum, July 201…
Male Portrait Herm in the Capitoline Museum, July…
Male Portrait Herm in the Capitoline Museum, July…
Bust of Nerva in the Capitoline Museum, July 2012
Bust of Nerva in the Capitoline Museum, July 2012
Bust of Macrinus in the Capitoline Museum, July 20…
Bust of Macrinus in the Capitoline Museum, July 20…
Bust of Trajan in the Capitoline Museum, July 2012
Bust of Trajan in the Capitoline Museum, July 2012
Statue of a Roman Soldier in the Capitoline Museum…
Statue of a Roman Soldier in the Capitoline Museum…
Relief with a Sacred Landscape in the Capitoline M…
Relief with a Sacred Landscape in the Capitoline M…
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The Basilica Ulpia and Column of Trajan from the M…
The Basilica Ulpia and Column of Trajan from the M…
The Column of Trajan from the Markets of Trajan, J…
The Column of Trajan from the Markets of Trajan, J…
The View from the Markets of Trajan in Rome, July…
The View from the Markets of Trajan in Rome, July…
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The Column of Trajan in Rome, July 2012
Trajan's Column (Italian: Colonna Traiana) is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate. It is located in Trajan's Forum, built near the Quirinal Hill, north of the Roman Forum. Completed in AD 113, the freestanding column is most famous for its spiral bas relief, which artistically describes the epic wars between the Romans and Dacians (101–102 and 105–106). Its design has inspired numerous victory columns, both ancient and modern.
The structure is about 30 metres (98 ft) in height, 35 metres (125 ft) including its large pedestal. The shaft is made from a series of 20 colossal Carrara marble drums, each weighing about 32 tons, with a diameter of 3.7 metres (11 ft). The 190-metre (625 ft) frieze winds around the shaft 23 times. Inside the shaft, a spiral staircase of 185 stairs provides access to a viewing platform at the top. The capital block of Trajan's Column weighs 53.3 tons, which had to be lifted to a height of c. 34 m.
Ancient coins indicate preliminary plans to top the column with a statue of a bird, probably an eagle, but after construction, a statue of Trajan was put in place; this statue disappeared in the Middle Ages. On December 4, 1587, the top was crowned by Pope Sixtus V with a bronze figure of St. Peter, which remains to this day.
Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan's_Column
The structure is about 30 metres (98 ft) in height, 35 metres (125 ft) including its large pedestal. The shaft is made from a series of 20 colossal Carrara marble drums, each weighing about 32 tons, with a diameter of 3.7 metres (11 ft). The 190-metre (625 ft) frieze winds around the shaft 23 times. Inside the shaft, a spiral staircase of 185 stairs provides access to a viewing platform at the top. The capital block of Trajan's Column weighs 53.3 tons, which had to be lifted to a height of c. 34 m.
Ancient coins indicate preliminary plans to top the column with a statue of a bird, probably an eagle, but after construction, a statue of Trajan was put in place; this statue disappeared in the Middle Ages. On December 4, 1587, the top was crowned by Pope Sixtus V with a bronze figure of St. Peter, which remains to this day.
Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan's_Column
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