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  • The Artemision or Temple of Artemis, centre for the cult of Artemis, with a column recreated from fragments found on site in 1973, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey.<br />
The Artemision was the most important sanctuary of Ephesus, dedicated to the goddess Artemis. Three Artemisions have been built and subsequently destroyed, in the 6th, 4th and 3rd centuries BC. Today only the foundations and a few sculptures remain. This column is an architectural model created from sections of various columns found on the site, standing on an original column base from the last, late classical temple. Beneath this lies a base from the 6th century BC Croesus Temple. Storks now nest on top of the column, as seen here. The site has become overcome with swamp in recent centuries. The temple was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Artemision or Temple of Artemis, centre for the cult of Artemis, with a column recreated from fragments found on site in 1973, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey.<br />
The Artemision was the most important sanctuary of Ephesus, dedicated to the goddess Artemis. Three Artemisions have been built and subsequently destroyed, in the 6th, 4th and 3rd centuries BC. Today only the foundations and a few sculptures remain. This column is an architectural model created from sections of various columns found on the site, standing on an original column base from the last, late classical temple. Beneath this lies a base from the 6th century BC Croesus Temple. Storks now nest on top of the column, as seen here. The site has become overcome with swamp in recent centuries. The temple was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Column base in the archaeological excavations in the monumental basilica complex, built late 1st century BC, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The column bases spanned 4 by 8 columns supporting the central roof of a large room with porticoes and courtyards, suggesting a forum. Before the Roman conquest of Gaul under Julius Caesar in 52 BC, the Celtic city of Bibracte had over 30,000 inhabitants. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, with light display during the Festival of Lights, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument was designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war. It takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, with light display during the Festival of Lights, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument was designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war. It takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hall of red granite pillars with a glass mosaic designed by Anton von Werner at the base of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake, a hall pillars below and reliefs around the base. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gilded bronze statue of Victoria holding a wreath with the Prussian eagle on her head, by Friedrich Drake, on top of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by Victoria and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief scene, 1866 by Moritz Schulz, of the Prussian army in battle during the Austro-Prussian war, from the base of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below with a glass mosaic designed by Anton von Werner and reliefs around the base. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Base of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below with a glass mosaic designed by Anton von Werner and reliefs around the base. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief scene, 1866 by Moritz Schulz, of the Prussian army in battle during the Austro-Prussian war, from the base of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below with a glass mosaic designed by Anton von Werner and reliefs around the base. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Orlando or Roland, legendary knight, who saved Dubrovnik from a 15 month Saracen siege in the 9th century, on Orlando's Column, Luza Square, at the end of Stradun or Placa, the main street in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Orlando or Roland, legendary knight, who saved Dubrovnik from a 15 month Saracen siege in the 9th century, on Orlando's Column, Luza Square, at the end of Stradun or Placa, the main street in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Orlando or Roland, legendary knight, who saved Dubrovnik from a 15 month Saracen siege in the 9th century, on Orlando's Column, Luza Square, at the end of Stradun or Placa, the main street in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Behind is the clock on the Bell Tower. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Orlando or Roland, legendary knight, who saved Dubrovnik from a 15 month Saracen siege in the 9th century, on Orlando's Column, Luza Square, at the end of Stradun or Placa, the main street in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gilded bronze statue of Victoria holding a wreath and with the Prussian eagle on her head, by Friedrich Drake, on top of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by Victoria and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gilded bronze statue of Victoria holding a wreath with the Prussian eagle on her head, by Friedrich Drake, on top of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by Victoria and a hall of red granite pillars below. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief scene, 1870-71 by Karl Keil, of the Prussian army in battle from the base of the Siegessaule or Berlin Victory Column, designed by Heinrich Strack and inaugurated 1873 to celebrate the victories of the Prussian army in the Danish-Prussian war, Austro-Prussian war and Franco-Prussian war, at the Grosser Stern, Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The monument takes the form of a column topped by a giant gilded bronze statue of Victoria by Friedrich Drake and a hall of red granite pillars below with a glass mosaic designed by Anton von Werner and reliefs around the base. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_BERLIN_MC0283.jpg
  • Statue of Orlando or Roland, legendary knight, who saved Dubrovnik from a 15 month Saracen siege in the 9th century, on Orlando's Column, Luza Square, at the end of Stradun or Placa, the main street in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Orlando or Roland, legendary knight, who saved Dubrovnik from a 15 month Saracen siege in the 9th century, on Orlando's Column, Luza Square, at the end of Stradun or Placa, the main street in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Column with polychrome sculpted drapery and a putto, at Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Loire Valley, Maine-et-Loire, France. This column is situated at the entrance to the choir in the Romanesque abbey church, built 1105-60. The abbey was founded in 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel, who created the Order of Fontevraud. It was a double monastery for monks and nuns, run by an abbess. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Silhouette of the Genie de la Liberte (Spirit of Freedom), 1833, by Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, crowning the Corinthian capital of the Colonne de Juillet (July Column), 1835-40, by Jean-Antoine Alavoine and Joseph-Louis Duc, at the Place de la Bastille, 11th arrondissement, Paris, France. The winged figure of liberty is crowned with a star, holds the torch of civilization and his broken chains. The July Column commemorates the Revolution of 1830 and celebrates the Trois Glorieuses, the 3 days of 27‚??29 July 1830 that saw the fall of King Charles X of France and the commencement of the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trajan's Column, completed 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, and the Baroque church of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano, or Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum, 1741, by Antoine Derizet, Trajan's Forum, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Twisted brick column in the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Base of the Trajan's Column with reliefs depicting the Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, Trajan's Forum, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trajan's Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, Trajan's Forum, Rome, Italy. Originally topped by a statue of Trajan it now supports a bronze statue of St Peter which was installed in 1587, by Pope Sixtus V. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fluted column flanked by a cherub holding a book, portal of the Royal Schools, 16th century, Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Founded by Charles V for the purpose of educating the Moors, the Royal Schools are some of the best examples of Renaissance civil architecture in Catalonia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Twisted brick column in the Colegio Teresiano, or Colegio de las Teresianas, a school and convent commissioned by San Erique de Osso, designed in neo-Gothic Modernist style by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1888-90, on Calle Ganduxer in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is constructed in brick, with multiple gables on the roofline and a parabolic arched entrance portico. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble column in the cella or inner chamber of the Temple of Asclepius, 2nd century AD, at the Asclepium or Sanctuary of Asclepius, 3km from the acropolis of Pergamon, modern-day Bergama, Izmir, Turkey. This broken column is carved with serpents coiled around olive branches, a symbol of the cult of the god Asclepius. The Asclepium is named after the god of healing and housed a sacred spring where people could bathe and cure their illnesses. Galen, the most famous doctor in the Roman Empire and physician of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, worked in the Asclepium for many years. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble column in the cella or inner chamber of the Temple of Asclepius, 2nd century AD, at the Asclepium or Sanctuary of Asclepius, 3km from the acropolis of Pergamon, modern-day Bergama, Izmir, Turkey. This broken column is carved with serpents coiled around olive branches, a symbol of the cult of the god Asclepius. The Asclepium is named after the god of healing and housed a sacred spring where people could bathe and cure their illnesses. Galen, the most famous doctor in the Roman Empire and physician of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, worked in the Asclepium for many years. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fluted column and capital with flying angel, portal of the Royal Schools, 16th century, Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain. Founded by Charles V for the purpose of educating the Moors, the Royal Schools are some of the best examples of Renaissance civil architecture in Catalonia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Column sculpted with vine scrolls and squirrels eating grapes, Gallo-Roman limestone relief, late 2nd century AD, excavated in Perigueux, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Maritime scene with dolphin and sea god, bas-relief from a sculpted limestone Gallo-Roman column fragment, late 2nd century AD, excavated in Perigueux, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Naval scene with soldiers and weapons, bas-relief from a sculpted limestone Gallo-Roman column fragment, late 2nd century AD, excavated in Perigueux, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vines, bas-relief from a Gallo-Roman limestone column fragment, late 2nd century AD, excavated in Perigueux, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Column, detail, with metalwork decoration, from the bedroom floor at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Green marble column with Corinthian capital in the Patio de las Doncellas, or Courtyard of the Maidens, in the Mudejar Palace, or Palacio del Rey Don Pedro, built by Pedro I of Castile, 1334-1369, in 1364, in the Real Alcazar, a Moorish royal palace in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. The Patio de las Doncellas is a courtyard surrounded by muqarnas arches and a central sunken garden. It is the main courtyard of the palace and was named after the Moorish annual tradition of demanding 100 virgins from their Christian kingdoms. The ground floor is in typical Mudejar style but the upper floor was added 1540-72 and shows Renaissance influences. The Alcazar was first founded as a fort in 913, then developed as a palace in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries and used by both Muslim and Christian rulers. The Alcazar is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted decorative head on a column of the nave of the Dormition of Saint Mary Cathedral Church, or Kisha Katedrale Fjetja e Shen Marise, built 1699, Voskopoje, Korce, Albania. The church contains frescoes by Theodor Anagnost and Sterian from Agrapha in Greece, and the large icons in the iconostasis were painted 1703 by Constantine Lemoronachos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fluted column with capital at the entrance to the ancient city of Butrint, Chaonia, Albania. Butrint was founded by the Greek Chaonian tribe and was a port throughout Hellenistic and Roman times, when it was known as Buthrotum. It was ruled by the Byzantines and the Venetians and finally abandoned in the Middle Ages. The ruins at Butrint were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trajan's Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, (right) the Baroque church of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano (Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum), 1741 by Antoine Derizet, and (left) the church of Santa Maria di Loreto, 16th century, by Antonio da Sangallo the younger, Trajan's Forum, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trajan's Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, with bronze statue of St Peter installed in 1587 by Pope Sixtus V, and dome of the Baroque church of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano (Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum), 1741 by Antoine Derizet, Trajan's Forum, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Column sculpted with vine scrolls and squirrels eating grapes, Gallo-Roman limestone relief, late 2nd century AD, excavated in Perigueux, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of animal in foliage, detail from a sculpted limestone column and capital, Gallo-Roman, mid 2nd century AD, excavated in Perigueux, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Naval scene with soldiers and weapons, bas-relief from a sculpted limestone Gallo-Roman column fragment, late 2nd century AD, excavated in Perigueux, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Naval scene with soldiers and weapons, bas-relief from a sculpted limestone Gallo-Roman column fragment, late 2nd century AD, excavated in Perigueux, in the Musee Vesunna, Perigueux, Dordogne, France. The Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum was built by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2003, to protect and house the excavated remains of the Vesunna domus and exhibit artefacts from the region. Vesunna was founded on the site of modern-day Perigueux in c. 16 BC under Emperor Augustus, and was the Gallo-Roman capital of Petrucores territory. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone monolithic column shaft, with palm decoration and interlaced and ringed foliage, mid 12th century, probably from the Cloister, in the Lapidary Museum in the Abbaye Saint Nicolas, founded 1021 by Foulques Nerra in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. In the 18th century this room was decorated with wood paneling. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone column bases from the Roman basilica, reused in the cruciform episcopal church, c. 7th century AD, in the Palau Reial Major, built as residence for the counts of Barcelona and kings of Aragon and now the MUHBA Placa del Rei, a history museum covering Roman to medieval periods, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The palace complex includes the Salo del Tinell, the Palatine Chapel of St Agatha built 1302, the Casa Padellas, the Palau Comtal, the Watchtower of King Marti and the Palau del Lloctinent built 1549. The museum is part of MUHBA or the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Column bases at the Roman settlement of Valeria, founded 93-82 BC, near the village of Valeria, in Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Excavations at the site have revealed a nymphaeum, exedra, forum, aqueducts and private houses. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted head on a column in the nave of the Dormition of Saint Mary Cathedral Church, or Kisha Katedrale Fjetja e Shen Marise, built 1699, Voskopoje, Korce, Albania. The church contains frescoes by Theodor Anagnost and Sterian from Agrapha in Greece, and the large icons in the iconostasis were painted 1703 by Constantine Lemoronachos. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of carved foliage decoration on the base of a column at the Temple of Apollo, 4th century BC, Didyma, Aydin, Turkey. Didyma was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia near Miletus, consisting of a temple complex and the oracle of Apollo, or Didymaion, who was visited by pilgrims from across the Greek world. The earliest temple ruins found here date to the 8th century BC but Didyma's heyday lasted throughout the Hellenistic age. It was approached along a 17km Sacred Way from Miletus and is the largest sanctuary in Western Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved decorative column base at the Temple of Apollo, 4th century BC, Didyma, Aydin, Turkey. Didyma was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia near Miletus, consisting of a temple complex and the oracle of Apollo, or Didymaion, who was visited by pilgrims from across the Greek world. The earliest temple ruins found here date to the 8th century BC but Didyma's heyday lasted throughout the Hellenistic age. It was approached along a 17km Sacred Way from Miletus and is the largest sanctuary in Western Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trajan's Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, with bronze statue of St Peter installed in 1587 by Pope Sixtus V, and dome of the Baroque church of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano (Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum), 1741 by Antoine Derizet, Trajan's Forum, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trajan's Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, with bronze statue of St Peter installed in 1587 by Pope Sixtus V, and dome of the Baroque church of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano (Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum), 1741 by Antoine Derizet, Trajan's Forum, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trajan's Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, with bronze statue of St Peter installed in 1587 by Pope Sixtus V, and dome of the Baroque church of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano (Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum), 1741 by Antoine Derizet, Trajan's Forum, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trajan's Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, with bronze statue of St Peter installed in 1587 by Pope Sixtus V, and dome of the Baroque church of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano (Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum), 1741 by Antoine Derizet, Trajan's Forum, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trajan's Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, (right) the Baroque church of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano (Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum), 1741 by Antoine Derizet, and (left) the church of Santa Maria di Loreto, 16th century, by Antonio da Sangallo the younger, Trajan's Forum, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trajan's Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, (right) the Baroque church of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano (Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum), 1741 by Antoine Derizet, and (left) the church of Santa Maria di Loreto, 16th century, by Antonio da Sangallo the younger, Trajan's Forum, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trajan's Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, (right) the Baroque church of Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano (Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum), 1741 by Antoine Derizet, and (left) the church of Santa Maria di Loreto, 16th century, by Antonio da Sangallo the younger, Trajan's Forum, Rome, Italy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Column (Colonne), cast, 2001, by Anthony Cragg, Jardin des Tuileries (Tuileries Gardens), 1664, Le Nôtre, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved decorative column base at the Temple of Apollo, 4th century BC, Didyma, Aydin, Turkey. Didyma was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia near Miletus, consisting of a temple complex and the oracle of Apollo, or Didymaion, who was visited by pilgrims from across the Greek world. The earliest temple ruins found here date to the 8th century BC but Didyma's heyday lasted throughout the Hellenistic age. It was approached along a 17km Sacred Way from Miletus and is the largest sanctuary in Western Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Column with Corinthian capital in the atrium of the House of the Dog, where a bronze canine statue was found, Volubilis, Northern Morocco. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The House of the Columns, with columns of different styles around its central courtyard, including a spiral column with Corinthian capital, Volubilis, Northern Morocco. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The House of the Columns, with columns of different styles around its central courtyard, including a spiral column with Corinthian capital (on the right), Volubilis, Northern Morocco. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central courtyard of the House of the Columns, with different style columns around its central pool, including a spiral column with a Corinthian capital, Volubilis, Northern Morocco. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The House of the Columns, with pilasters and a spiral column with Corinthian capitals, Volubilis, Northern Morocco. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • One of the oldest columns and capitals in the East gallery of the Romanesque Cloister, 12th century, of the Cathedrale Notre-Dame du Puy, or Le Puy Cathedral, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Rhone-Alpes-Auvergne, France. The cloister has strong Byzantine and Moorish influences, with striped arches and a carved cornice of mythical beasts. The cathedral was built 11th - 13th century in Romanesque style, with a striking striped 3-layered facade and large cloister. It is a national monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Osirian columns on square pillars, on the northern portico of the First Courtyard, at the mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, 2nd pharaoh of the 20th dynasty of the New Kingdom, built 12th century BC, at Medinet Habu, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pompey's Pillar, or Pompey's Column, a Roman triumphal column erected 298-303 AD for emperor Diocletian, and 1 of 2 Roman sphinxes in pink granite, beside the ruins of the temple of Serapis, at the Serapeum of Alexandria, in Alexandria, Egypt. The granite corinthian column and capital once held a statue of Diocletian. (The misleading name Pompey's Column comes from a mistake in translation from its Greek inscription.) Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pompey's Pillar, or Pompey's Column, a Roman triumphal column erected 298-303 AD for emperor Diocletian, beside the ruins of the temple of Serapis, at the Serapeum of Alexandria, in Alexandria, Egypt. The granite corinthian column and capital once held a statue of Diocletian. (The misleading name Pompey's Column comes from a mistake in translation from its Greek inscription.) It is flanked by 2 Roman sphinxes in pink granite. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pompey's Pillar, or Pompey's Column, a Roman triumphal column erected 298-303 AD for emperor Diocletian, and the ruins of the temple of Serapis, at the Serapeum of Alexandria, in Alexandria, Egypt. The granite corinthian column and capital once held a statue of Diocletian. (The misleading name Pompey's Column comes from a mistake in translation from its Greek inscription.) It is flanked by 2 Roman sphinxes in pink granite. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pompey's Pillar, or Pompey's Column, a Roman triumphal column erected 298-303 AD for emperor Diocletian, beside the ruins of the temple of Serapis, at the Serapeum of Alexandria, in Alexandria, Egypt. The granite corinthian column and capital once held a statue of Diocletian. (The misleading name Pompey's Column comes from a mistake in translation from its Greek inscription.) It is flanked by 2 Roman sphinxes in pink granite. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pompey's Pillar, or Pompey's Column, a Roman triumphal column erected 298-303 AD for emperor Diocletian, and 1 of 2 Roman sphinxes in pink granite, beside the ruins of the temple of Serapis, at the Serapeum of Alexandria, in Alexandria, Egypt. The granite corinthian column and capital once held a statue of Diocletian. (The misleading name Pompey's Column comes from a mistake in translation from its Greek inscription.) Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pompey's Pillar, or Pompey's Column, a Roman triumphal column erected 298-303 AD for emperor Diocletian, beside the ruins of the temple of Serapis, at the Serapeum of Alexandria, in Alexandria, Egypt. The granite corinthian column and capital once held a statue of Diocletian. (The misleading name Pompey's Column comes from a mistake in translation from its Greek inscription.) It is flanked by 2 Roman sphinxes in pink granite. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pompey's Pillar, or Pompey's Column, a Roman triumphal column erected 298-303 AD for emperor Diocletian, beside the ruins of the temple of Serapis, at the Serapeum of Alexandria, in Alexandria, Egypt. The granite corinthian column and capital once held a statue of Diocletian. (The misleading name Pompey's Column comes from a mistake in translation from its Greek inscription.) It is flanked by 2 Roman sphinxes in pink granite. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Panoramic view of Trajan's Column and surrounding buildings, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Inside the shaft is a spiral staircase of 185 steps leading to a viewing platform. Originally topped by a statue of Trajan it now supports a bronze statue of St Peter which was installed in 1587, by Pope Sixtus V. To the right of the column stands the Church of Santa Maria di Loreto, 16th century, designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484- -1546). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Here we see the base of the column, with houses in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Inside the shaft is a spiral staircase of 185 steps leading to a viewing platform. Originally topped by a statue of Trajan it now supports a bronze statue of St Peter which was installed in 1587, by Pope Sixtus V. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of Trajan's Column, Trajan's Forum, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Inside the shaft is a spiral staircase of 185 steps leading to a viewing platform. Originally topped by a statue of Trajan it now supports a bronze statue of St Peter which was installed in 1587, by Pope Sixtus V. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), This scene shows armour and weapons in close-up. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail, in close-up, of Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy pictured on December 11, 2010 in the afternoon. This Triumphal Column, completed in 113 AD, probably by Apollodorus of Damascus, depicts Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars, (101-102 and 105-106), in spiral bas relief. Constructed from 20 Carrara marble drums, 3.7 meters in diametre, it is about 30 meters high, or 35 meters including the pedestal. The 190-meter frieze has 23 spirals. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Mark's Square, Venice, oil painting, 1831, by Joseph Philibert Girault de Prangey, 1804-92, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Left-right, Biblioteca Marciana, St Mark's Campanile, Column of St Theodore, Column of St Mark, Doge's Palace. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonna dell'Immacolata (Column of the Immaculate), 1724 designed by Tommaso Maria Napoli and built by Giovanni Amico, Piazza San Domenico, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The marble column stands on a marble pedestal and is topped by a bronze statue of the Immaculate. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonna dell'Immacolata (Column of the Immaculate), 1724 designed by Tommaso Maria Napoli and built by Giovanni Amico, Piazza San Domenico, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The marble column stands on a marble pedestal and is topped by a bronze statue of the Immaculate. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonne de Juillet (July Column), 1840, Jean-Antoine Alavoine and Joseph-Louis Duc, Place de la Bastille, Paris, France. The column is engraved in gold with the names of Parisians who died during the revolution and topped by the Génie de la Liberté (the Spirit of Freedom), by Augustin-Alexandre Dumont. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of Temple F, built 550-540 BC, on the East Hill of the ancient ruined Greek city of Selinunte, Sicily, Italy. It originally had a 6 x 14 column peristyle with unique painted stone screens between the columns, and an internal portico. Behind is Temple E or Temple of Hera, built 460-450 BC, with a 6 x 15 Doric column peristyle with several staircases and traces of stucco and friezes. It was rebuilt 1956-59. Selinunte was founded in 628 BC and was an important Greek colony, home to up to 100,000 people at its peak and abandoned in 250 BC. The city consists of an acropolis housing 2 main streets and 5 temples, 3 other hills with housing and temples and 2 necropoleis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of Temple F, built 550-540 BC, on the East Hill of the ancient ruined Greek city of Selinunte, Sicily, Italy. It originally had a 6 x 14 column peristyle with unique painted stone screens between the columns, and an internal portico. Behind is Temple E or Temple of Hera, built 460-450 BC, with a 6 x 15 Doric column peristyle with several staircases and traces of stucco and friezes. It was rebuilt 1956-59. Selinunte was founded in 628 BC and was an important Greek colony, home to up to 100,000 people at its peak and abandoned in 250 BC. The city consists of an acropolis housing 2 main streets and 5 temples, 3 other hills with housing and temples and 2 necropoleis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of Temple F, built 550-540 BC, on the East Hill of the ancient ruined Greek city of Selinunte, Sicily, Italy. It originally had a 6 x 14 column peristyle with unique painted stone screens between the columns, and an internal portico. Behind is Temple E or Temple of Hera, built 460-450 BC, with a 6 x 15 Doric column peristyle with several staircases and traces of stucco and friezes. It was rebuilt 1956-59. Selinunte was founded in 628 BC and was an important Greek colony, home to up to 100,000 people at its peak and abandoned in 250 BC. The city consists of an acropolis housing 2 main streets and 5 temples, 3 other hills with housing and temples and 2 necropoleis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of Temple F, built 550-540 BC, on the East Hill of the ancient ruined Greek city of Selinunte, Sicily, Italy. It originally had a 6 x 14 column peristyle with unique painted stone screens between the columns, and an internal portico. Behind is Temple E or Temple of Hera, built 460-450 BC, with a 6 x 15 Doric column peristyle with several staircases and traces of stucco and friezes. It was rebuilt 1956-59. Selinunte was founded in 628 BC and was an important Greek colony, home to up to 100,000 people at its peak and abandoned in 250 BC. The city consists of an acropolis housing 2 main streets and 5 temples, 3 other hills with housing and temples and 2 necropoleis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of Temple F, built 550-540 BC, on the East Hill of the ancient ruined Greek city of Selinunte, Sicily, Italy. It originally had a 6 x 14 column peristyle with unique painted stone screens between the columns, and an internal portico. Behind is Temple E or Temple of Hera, built 460-450 BC, with a 6 x 15 Doric column peristyle with several staircases and traces of stucco and friezes. It was rebuilt 1956-59. Selinunte was founded in 628 BC and was an important Greek colony, home to up to 100,000 people at its peak and abandoned in 250 BC. The city consists of an acropolis housing 2 main streets and 5 temples, 3 other hills with housing and temples and 2 necropoleis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of Temple F, built 550-540 BC, on the East Hill of the ancient ruined Greek city of Selinunte, Sicily, Italy. It originally had a 6 x 14 column peristyle with unique painted stone screens between the columns, and an internal portico. Behind is Temple E or Temple of Hera, built 460-450 BC, with a 6 x 15 Doric column peristyle with several staircases and traces of stucco and friezes. It was rebuilt 1956-59. Selinunte was founded in 628 BC and was an important Greek colony, home to up to 100,000 people at its peak and abandoned in 250 BC. The city consists of an acropolis housing 2 main streets and 5 temples, 3 other hills with housing and temples and 2 necropoleis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of Temple F, built 550-540 BC, on the East Hill of the ancient ruined Greek city of Selinunte, Sicily, Italy. It originally had a 6 x 14 column peristyle with unique painted stone screens between the columns, and an internal portico. Behind is Temple E or Temple of Hera, built 460-450 BC, with a 6 x 15 Doric column peristyle with several staircases and traces of stucco and friezes. It was rebuilt 1956-59. Selinunte was founded in 628 BC and was an important Greek colony, home to up to 100,000 people at its peak and abandoned in 250 BC. The city consists of an acropolis housing 2 main streets and 5 temples, 3 other hills with housing and temples and 2 necropoleis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of Temple F, built 550-540 BC, on the East Hill of the ancient ruined Greek city of Selinunte, Sicily, Italy. It originally had a 6 x 14 column peristyle with unique painted stone screens between the columns, and an internal portico. Behind is Temple E or Temple of Hera, built 460-450 BC, with a 6 x 15 Doric column peristyle with several staircases and traces of stucco and friezes. It was rebuilt 1956-59. Selinunte was founded in 628 BC and was an important Greek colony, home to up to 100,000 people at its peak and abandoned in 250 BC. The city consists of an acropolis housing 2 main streets and 5 temples, 3 other hills with housing and temples and 2 necropoleis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of Temple F, built 550-540 BC, on the East Hill of the ancient ruined Greek city of Selinunte, Sicily, Italy. It originally had a 6 x 14 column peristyle with unique painted stone screens between the columns, and an internal portico. Behind is Temple E or Temple of Hera, built 460-450 BC, with a 6 x 15 Doric column peristyle with several staircases and traces of stucco and friezes. It was rebuilt 1956-59. Selinunte was founded in 628 BC and was an important Greek colony, home to up to 100,000 people at its peak and abandoned in 250 BC. The city consists of an acropolis housing 2 main streets and 5 temples, 3 other hills with housing and temples and 2 necropoleis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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