Igel Column

The Igel Column (German: Igeler Säule) is a multi-storeyed Roman sandstone column in the municipality of Igel, Trier, Germany, dated to c. 250 AD. The column is the burial monument of the Secundinii cloth merchant family, and was built by two of the family members, Lucius Secundinius Aventinus and Lucius Secundinus Securus.[1][2]

Igel Column
UNESCO World Heritage Site
LocationIgel, Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Part ofRoman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
CriteriaCultural: (i), (iii), (iv), (vi)
Reference367-004
Inscription1986 (10th Session)
Coordinates49°42′33″N 6°32′58″E
Igel Column is located in Germany
Igel Column
Location of Igel Column in Germany
Igel Column is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Igel Column
Igel Column (Rhineland-Palatinate)

Measuring 30 metres (98 ft) in height, it is crowned by the sculptural group of Jupiter and Ganymede.[3] The column includes a four-stepped base, a relatively low podium, topped by a projecting cornice, a storey, its flat Corinthian pilasters with decorated shafts, supporting an architrave, a sculptured frieze and a heavy cornice. The bas-reliefs feature a procession of six coloni, bringing various donations to the house of their master.[4] The coloni are received before the entrance to the atrium.[4] The donations consist of a hare, two fish, a kid, an eel, a rooster and a basket of fruit.[4] The column is made out of red and red-grey sandstone but was originally painted.[2]

Because of its testimony to the importance of Trier during Roman times, the Igel Column was designated as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier in 1986. It has been represented numerous times in paintings and drawings. A polychromed replica dominates the central courtyard of the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier.

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References
  1. "Igel Column". Trier-info.de. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  2. Stillwell, Richard (1976). MacDonald, William; Holland, Marian (eds.). The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites. Princeton, New Jersey. ISBN 978-0691035420.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Wightman, Edith (1985). Gallia Belgica. University of California Press. p. 175. ISBN 0520052978.
  4. Rostovtzeff, M. (1927). A History of the Ancient World: Rome. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 330. ISBN 0819621633.
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