The Trajan's Column

In Front ot the Church of the Holy Name of Mary is the Trajan's Column.

A beautiful breathtaking carved column. Acording to Wikipedia, the "Trajan's Column (Italian: Colonna Traiana) 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. It is located in Trajan's Forum, built near the Quirinal Hill, north of the Roman Forum. Completed in AD 113, the freestanding column is most famous for its spiral bas relief, which artistically describes the epic wars between the Romans andDacians (101–102 and 105–106). Its design has inspired numerous victory columns, both ancient and modern.

The structure is about 30 metres (98 ft) in height, 35 metres (125 ft) including its largepedestal. The shaft is made from a series of 20 colossal Carrara marble drums, each weighing about 32 tons,

 with a diameter of 3.7 metres (11 ft). The 190-metre (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 c. 34 m." (Wikipedia)