post some more Column all around the world. (Only Column Statue)

The Place Vendôme Column, Paris, France

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Place_Vendome_1.jpg

Alexander Column, Saint Petersburg, Russia

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/398735848_bc85a875f7_b.jpg
(Flickr)

could be obelisc too bestkub:?

Berlin Victory Column, Berlin, Germany

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1187/622375522_ebe4cc17e3_b.jpg
(Flickr)

Nelson's Column, London, UK

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1400/559032706_388afd652a_b.jpg
(Flickr)

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Jubilee Column, Stuttgart (Germany)

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/w-tommerdich/3365598715/

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/aleck1/panoramio01.jpg?t=1242754014

Colonna dei Massimi (Rome, Italy)

Piazza dei Massimi, just behind Piazza Navona. This Column was part of the ancient Roman Odeon of Domitian.

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Picture by me :)

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Colonna Traiana - Rome - Italy

Trajan's Column is a monument in Rome raised in honour of the Roman emperor Trajan and 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 113, the freestanding column is most famous for its spiral bas relief, which commemorates Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. Its design has inspired numerous victory columns, both ancient and modern.
The structure is about 30 meters (98 ft) in height, 38 meters (125 ft) including its large pedestal. The shaft is made from a series of 20 colossal Carrara marble drums, each weighing about 40 tons, with a diameter of 3.7 meters (11 ft). The 190 meter (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 ca. 34 m.

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A continuous frieze winds up around the shaft from base to capital. The relief portrays Trajan's two victorious military campaigns against the Dacians; the lower half illustrating the first (101-102), and the top half illustrating the second (105-106).

The two sections are separated by a personification of Victory writing on a shield flanked on either side by Trophies. Otherwise, the scenes on the frieze unfold continuously and in tipped-up perspective. The imagery is not realistic as the sculptor pays little attention to perspective. Often a variety of different perspectives are used in the same scene, so that more can be revealed (e.g. a different angle is used to show men working behind a wall).

The scenes depict mostly the Roman army in military activities such as setting out to battle and engaging the Dacians, as well as constructing fortifications and listening to the emperor's address and the successs he accomplished. The carvings are crowded with sailors, soldiers, statesmen and priests, showing about 2,500 figures in all and providing a valuable source of information for modern historians on Roman and barbaric arms and methods of warfare (such as forts, ships, weapons etc.). The relief shows such details as a ballista or catapult for example. The emperor Trajan, depicted realistically (not superhuman), makes 59 appearances among his troops.

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Ancient Roman Column of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy)

The Column of Marcus Aurelius, (Latin: Columna Centenaria Divorum Marci et Faustinae), is a Doric column, with a spiral relief, built in honour of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and modeled on Trajan's Column. It still stands on its original site in Rome, in Piazza Colonna before Palazzo Chigi. The column’s shaft is 29.60 m (about 100 feet) high, on a 10 m high base, which in turn originally stood on a 3 m high platform - the column in total is 41.95 m. About 3 metres of the base have been below ground level since the 1589 restoration. The column consists of 27 or 28 blocks of Carrara marble, each of 3.7 m diameter, hollowed out whilst still at the quarry for a stairway of 190-200 steps within the column up to a platform at the top. Just as with Trajan’s Column, this stairway is illuminated through narrow slits into the relief.

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The spiral picture relief tells the story of Marcus Aurelius’ Danubian or Marcomannic wars, waged by him from 166 to his death. The story begins with the army crossing the river Danube, probably at Carnuntum. A Victory separates the accounts of two expeditions. The exact chronology of the events is disputed, however the latest theory states that the expeditions against the Marcomanni and Quadi in the years 172 and 173 are in the lower half and the successes of the emperor over the Sarmatians in the years 174 and 175 in the upper half. One particular episode portrayed is historically attested in Roman propaganda – the so-called "rain miracle in the territory of the Quadi", in which a God, answering a prayer from the emperor, rescues Roman troops by a terrible storm, a miracle later claimed by the Christians for the Christian God.

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The First Division Monument, Washington D.C., USA

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Colonna di Foca - Rome - Italy

Column of Phocas, which was erected in front of the Rostra Roman Forum and dedicated in honor Foca's byzantine the August 1 608, was last honorary monument in the Forum.
The Corinthian column, grooved, stands high 13.6 meters, its cubic base of white marble and it seems which was originally built around II century. The square brick foundation was not originally visible, not the state level Current Forum dug up the pavement Augustan until the nineteenth century.

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Colón (Columbus) monument (Madrid, Spain)

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Colón (Columbus) monument (Barcelona, Spain)

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Colombo is Italian :cheers::banana: ahah :lol: really beautiful

Hércules columns (Sevilla, Spain)

Roman columns, the sculptures are from 18th century

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Saturno's column (Madrid, Spain)

Over the column is Saturn, eating his children. 18th century

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/aleck1/picassa-porto.jpg?t=1242902297

Colonna dell'Immacolata (Rome, Italy)

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Colombo is Italian :cheers::banana: ahah :lol: really beautiful

Strange then that the man could not even write his own language;).

Empecinado monument (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain)

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Strange then that the man could not even write his own language;).

In fact, there are many of his manuscripts in Italian and Castellano. The interesting thing is that the manuscripts in Italian, are not written in true Italian, but in slang Genovese... :cheers:

Strange then that the man could not even write his own language;).

Strange that only spanish historians disagree about his nationality.
Btw, he was born in Genoa from Domenico and Susanna Fontanarossa.
He lived in Italy for a long period, first in Genoa then in Savona (Liguria). He spoke and wrote correctly italian languages.
You can visit his house in Genoa, Piazza Dante, tel. 010.2465346.

It's not a Columbus thread! :ohno:

Monumento a la Inmaculada (Granada, Spain)

1626

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Colombus is European patrimony :yes: some historians in Portugal also say that it he is Portuguese, a fact is, no one have ther identity card or ther birth certificate ;)

In Portugal, they exist in Brasil and some countrys of Africa too, the pelourinho, normally a column, is a symbol of the municipal power, they hexiste in citys and villages by all country, this one in from the end of XVIII cent.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/lisbona/coluna4.jpg?t=1242908147

In fact, there are many of his manuscripts in Italian and Castellano. The interesting thing is that the manuscripts in Italian, are not written in true Italian, but in slang Genovese... :cheers:

That's completely false.

Anyway he sailed for the Spanish flag;).

In fact, there are many of his manuscripts in Italian and Castellano. The interesting thing is that the manuscripts in Italian, are not written in true Italian, but in slang Genovese... :cheers:

In Spagna hanno fatto pure un test del DNA (http://www.cristoforocolombo.tv/notizia.asp?id=81&idtipo=2) per provare che Colombo era di nazionalità spagnola, ma mi sà che è andato male.

That's completely false.

Anyway he sailed for the Spanish flag;).

thats the point, is intresting know the place were he born but dont change nothing...

Anyway, in Catalunya is said he was from Barcelona. It's said too he was from Galicia. That he was portuguese. That he was from Cogolludo (a village in Guadalajara, near Madrid). That he was from Islas Baleares. That he was italian, but was a spanish jew (sefardi). And I say... who cares :lol: In fact I don't like him! :lol:

I know several pelourinhos in Portugal :yes: In Spain are similar, but not so decorated and important as Portugal ones.

:uh: wath did you call to pelourinhos in Spain? they symbolize the same?

:uh: wath did you call to pelourinhos in Spain? they symbolize the same?

In Spain they are called "rollo de justicia", "rollo jurisdiccional" or just "rollo". It represents that in this village there is justice, a court. And similar are the "picotas", it's a column too, but in this case the person was tied to the column. Well, the person, or just his head... :lol:

lol I heard that they use the pelourinhos to do the same in areas were power was in the ands of the people...

Ahahahahah I've combined a disaster :banana:

:sly: and now we dont have columns because of that :(

Colonna di Santa Maria Maggiore (Rome, Italy)

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianbyrne/3272485099/

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Angel de la Independencia - México City

Independence Column

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Obelisco Lateranense - Rome - Italy

The Lateran Obelisk is one of the thirteen ancient obelisks of Rome, and currently is located in St. Giovanni in Laterano Square.
Has a height of 32.18 m. and with the ring and the cross reaches 45.70 m.
It was realized at the time of the pharaohs and Tutmosis III Tutmosis IV (fifteenth century BC) and comes from the temple of Ammone in Thebes (Karnak) in Egypt. It was brought to Rome to want the Emperor Constantius II in 357 and built by urbi praefectus Memmio Vitrasio Orfito on plug Circus Maximus, where it already stood the Flaminio obelisk.

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Colonne di Piazza del Popolo (Ravenna, Italy)

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlogk/12537993/

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Colonne di Piazza dei Signori (Vicenza, Italy)

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Monumento a Pizarro (Valencia, Spain)

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http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4518/valencia.jpg

St. Mary column, Munich (Germany)

http://www.abload.de/img/241036719_63811bb407_b9fmb.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=241036719_63811bb407_b9fmb.jpg)


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i dont now the name in English, could be a Calvary or crucifix, aka is Cruzeiro/Calvário:

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d127/tamosaga/httpwwwflickrcomphotos9480263N02358.jpg?t=1244759362

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9480263@N02/3586216836/sizes/l/

Columna de San Rafael. Córdoba. Andalusia. Spain.

http://www.legadoandalusi.es/legado/contenido/rutas/1024/VET27858.jpg

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La Colonne du Congrès - Congreskolom in Brussels.

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2533/314ox.jpg (http://img4.imageshack.us/i/314ox.jpg/)

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La Colonne des Girondins, in Bordeaux - France.

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9100/9666943.jpg (http://img197.imageshack.us/i/9666943.jpg/)

Gironde
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5691/gironde.png (http://img197.imageshack.us/i/gironde.png/)

Colonne de la paix armée, Parc Montsouris - Paris

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2244/parcmontsouris016fullsi.jpg (http://img13.imageshack.us/i/parcmontsouris016fullsi.jpg/)

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i love the whole world...

The Monument/61.57m /London, United Kingdom
Construction : from 1671 to 1677

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"Colonne de Juilllet",50m,Place de la Bastille,Paris,France

Made of brass(100%)
Construction::between 1833 and 1840.


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