CONSTANTIN COLUMN
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It was erected on May 11, 330 by Constantine the Great to celebrate the passage from Byzantium to New Rome. Made of porphyry, it is 35 m high but originally the top was surmounted by a statue of Apollo supposed to represent the emperor. It was said to have been encrusted with many relics of Christianity (nails of the Passion, piece of the true Cross, stick that Moses used to bring water out of the desert...) in order to protect the destiny of the city, but the various excavations did not allow them to be located.
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Good news! After not far from a decade (if not more? ) of restoration, column is again toilettée of fresh removed from its scaffolding since February. On May 11th, 2010, it will celebrate its 1680ème anniversary.
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