Trajan's Column

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Roman monument architectural column victory column

Trajan's Column is a monumental Roman victory column in Rome, renowned for its spiral bas-relief frieze depicting Emperor Trajan’s Dacian Wars and serving as his funerary monument.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Trajan's Column canonical 21
Column of Trajan 3
Trajan’s Column 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman monument ⓘ
architectural column ⓘ
victory column ⓘ
architecturalStyle Ancient Roman architecture ⓘ
artForm historical narrative relief ⓘ
relief sculpture ⓘ
commemorates Dacian Wars ⓘ
Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars ⓘ
completionDate 113 ⓘ
constructionStart 107 ⓘ
contains Trajan's ashes (originally in a golden urn) ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culturalPeriod Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: High Roman Empire
currentTopStatue statue of Saint Peter ⓘ
currentTopStatueInstallationDate 1587 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Trajan ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Trajan
depicts Dacian warriors ⓘ
Trajan ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Trajan

Roman army ⓘ
scenes from the First Dacian War ⓘ
scenes from the Second Dacian War ⓘ
designer Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ
function funerary monument of Trajan ⓘ
hasInscription dedicatory inscription to Trajan ⓘ
hasPart capital ⓘ
internal spiral staircase ⓘ
pedestal base ⓘ
spiral bas-relief frieze ⓘ
viewing platform ⓘ
hasStaircaseSteps approximately 185 steps ⓘ
height approximately 30 metres (column shaft) ⓘ
heightIncludingBase approximately 35 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation Historic Centre of Rome ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Historic Centre of Rome)
inception 113 ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Imperial fora of Rome ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Fora
locatedInCity Rome ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Trevi district ⓘ
surface form: Rione Trevi
location Rome ⓘ
Trajan's Forum ⓘ
materialUsed Carrara marble ⓘ
numberOfFiguresDepicted over 2500 ⓘ
numberOfReliefScenes over 150 ⓘ
originalTopStatue statue of Trajan ⓘ
patron Trajan ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Trajan
purpose to commemorate the conquest of Dacia ⓘ
to serve as Trajan's tomb monument ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1980 ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trajan → burialPlace → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Trajan → constructed → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Apollodorus of Damascus → designed → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Apollodorus of Damascus → notableWork → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome → inspiredBy → Trajan's Column ⓘ
subject surface form: Column of Marcus Aurelius
Column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome → similarTo → Trajan's Column ⓘ
subject surface form: Column of Marcus Aurelius
Nerva–Antonine dynasty → notableWork → Trajan's Column ⓘ
this entity surface form: Column of Trajan
Arch of Constantine → usesSpoliaFrom → Trajan's Column ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monument of Trajan
Dacian Wars → commemoratedBy → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Trajan's Forum → hasPart → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Carrara marble → usedIn → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Bernward Column → inspiredBy → Trajan's Column ⓘ
National Museum of Romanian History → hasNotableExhibit → Trajan's Column ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trajan’s Column replica
testudo formation → depictedIn → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Temple of Trajan → associatedWith → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Columna Centenaria Divi Marci Aurelii → inspiredBy → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Aurelian Column → inspiredBy → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Aurelian Column → similarTo → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Bridge over the Danube → depictedOn → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Decebalus → portrayedOn → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Basilica Ulpia as one of the largest basilicas in Rome → adjacentTo → Trajan's Column ⓘ
subject surface form: Basilica Ulpia
this entity surface form: Trajan’s Column
Basilica Ulpia → adjacentTo → Trajan's Column ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trajan’s Column
equestrian statue of Trajan → associatedWith → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Piazza Venezia → hasNearbyLandmark → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Piazza Venezia → hasViewOf → Trajan's Column ⓘ
Imperial fora of Rome → hasPart → Trajan's Column ⓘ
this entity surface form: Column of Trajan
statue of Trajan → locatedOn → Trajan's Column ⓘ
statue of Trajan → partOf → Trajan's Column ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trajan's Column monument
statue of Trajan → associatedWith → Trajan's Column ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trajan's Column spiral reliefs
Roman art → hasMajorWork → Trajan's Column ⓘ
this entity surface form: Column of Trajan