Trajan’s Column
Trajan's Column 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Piazza Venezia and Palazzo Venezia.
Piazza Venezia
Square
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Piazza Venezia is a central hub of Rome, Italy, in which several thoroughfares intersect, including the Via dei Fori Imperiali and the Via del Corso. It takes its name from the Palazzo Venezia, built by the Venetian Cardinal, Pietro Barbo alongside the church of Saint Mark, the patron saint of Venice. Piazza Venezia is situated 160 metres west of Trajan’s Column.
Palazzo Venezia
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The Palazzo Venezia or Palazzo Barbo, formerly Palazzo di San Marco, is a large early Renaissance palace in central Rome, Italy, situated to the north of the Capitoline Hill. Palazzo Venezia is situated 260 metres west of Trajan’s Column.
Santa Maria di Loreto
Church
Santa Maria di Loreto is a 16th-century church in Rome, central Italy, located just across the street from the Trajan's Column, near the giant Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitoline Hill and Modern Centre.
Capitoline Hill
Locality
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The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn.
Modern Centre
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The Modern Centre of Rome, home to the Via Veneto, Quirinale, Castro Pretorio, Repubblica, and Trevi neighbourhoods, is the city's hub of activity, especially shopping and nightlife.
Palatine Hill
Locality
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The Palatine Hill, which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".
Trajan’s Column
- Type: Monument
- Description: ancient Roman victory column, a landmark of Rome, Italy
- Categories: victory column and archaeological site
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Adyghe to Welsh—“Trajan’s Column” goes by many names.
- Adyghe: “Траян и колоннэ”
- Arabic: “عمود تراجان”
- Arabic: “عمود طريانوس”
- Armenian: “Տրայանոսի սյուն”
- Azerbaijani: “Trayan sütunu”
- Basque: “Trajanoren zutabea”
- Belarusian: “Калона Траяна”
- Bulgarian: “Колона на Траян”
- Bulgarian: “Траянова колона”
- Bulgarian: “Траяновата колона”
- Catalan: “Columna de Trajà”
- Catalan: “Columna Trajana”
- Chinese: “图拉真凯旋柱”
- Chinese: “图拉真圆柱”
- Chinese: “图拉真柱”
- Chinese: “圖拉真柱”
- Chuvash: “Траян колонни”
- Croatian: “Trajanov stup”
- Czech: “Traianův sloup”
- Czech: “Trajánův sloup”
- Danish: “Trajans søjle”
- Danish: “Trajansøjlen”
- Dutch: “Zuil van Traianus”
- Dutch: “Zuil van Trajanus”
- Esperanto: “Kolono de Trajano”
- Esperanto: “Trajana Kolono”
- Finnish: “Trajanuksen pylväs”
- French: “Colonne de Trajan”
- French: “Colonne trajan”
- French: “colonne Trajane”
- French: “Colonne Trajane”
- French: “Columna Traiani”
- Galician: “Columna de Traxano”
- Galician: “Columna traxana”
- Georgian: “ტრაიანეს სვეტი”
- German: “Colonna Traiana”
- German: “Columna Traiana”
- German: “Traianssäule”
- German: “Trajansäule”
- German: “Trajanssäule”
- Greek: “Στήλη του Τραϊανού”
- Hebrew: “עמוד טראיאנוס”
- Hungarian: “Traianus-oszlop”
- Indonesian: “Kolom Trajan”
- Indonesian: “Tugu Trajanus”
- Irish: “Colún Thráian”
- Italian: “colonna di Traiano”
- Italian: “Colonna Traiana”
- Italian: “colonna traianea”
- Japanese: “トライアヌスの記念柱”
- Japanese: “トラヤヌスの記念柱”
- Japanese: “トラヤヌス記念柱”
- Korean: “트라야누스 원주”
- Latin: “Columna Traiana”
- Latin: “Columna Traiani”
- Latin: “COLVMNA·TRAIANI”
- Latvian: “Trajāna kolonna”
- Lithuanian: “Trajano kolona”
- Luxembourgish: “Trajanssail”
- Malayalam: “Trajan’s Column”
- Malayalam: “ട്രാജൻ സ്തൂപം”
- Manx: “Colloo Trajan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Trajan-søylen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Trajanersøylen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Trajans søyle”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Trajansøylen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Trajansøyla”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Trajansøylen”
- Norwegian: “Trajansøylen”
- Persian: “ستون تراژان”
- Polish: “Kolumna Trajana w Rzymie”
- Polish: “Kolumna Trajana”
- Portuguese: “Coluna de Trajano”
- Portuguese: “Coluna Trajana”
- Romanian: “Columna lui Traian”
- Romanian: “Columna Traiana”
- Russian: “Колонна Траяна”
- Russian: “Траянская колонна”
- Serbian: “Colonna di Traiano”
- Serbian: “Trajanov stub”
- Serbian: “Трајанов стуб”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Trajanov stub”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Trajanov stup”
- Slovak: “Trajánov stĺp”
- Slovenian: “Columna Traiana”
- Slovenian: “Trajanov steber”
- Spanish: “Columna de Trajano”
- Spanish: “Columna Trajana”
- Swedish: “Trajanus kolonn”
- Swedish: “Trajanuskolonnen”
- Tagalog: “Haligi ni Trajano”
- Tamil: “டிராஜனின் தூண்”
- Tamil: “திராயானின் தூண்”
- Thai: “Column of Trajan”
- Thai: “Trajan column”
- Thai: “Trajan’s Column”
- Thai: “เสาตรายานุส”
- Turkish: “Traianus Sütunu”
- Turkish: “Trajan Sütunu”
- Ukrainian: “Колона Траяна”
- Vietnamese: “Cột Traianus”
- Welsh: “Colofn Trajan”
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