Trajan's Column is an ancient monument built in Rome, ordered by Emperor Trajan, to commemorate his victory in Dacia, which has been preserved to this day. The monument is in Trajan's Forum, in the immediate vicinity - to the north by the Roman Forum. Finished in 113, the column has an exterior with a famous spiral-shaped carved basorelief, which reproduces artistically in an epic form the wars between the Romans and the Dacians worn by Trajan for the conquest of Dacia.
The Column has a height of about 40 meters and contains 18 massive Carrara marble blocks, each weighing 40 tons.
In 1536, the column of the Column was freed from the ruins of Traian's house in Pope Paul III's order. The great architect Fontana dealt with his restoration, starting with 1558. In 1589-1590, instead of the statue of Trajan, originally at the top of the columna, but which had disappeared since antiquity, a statue of
