Bronze statue of Saint Paul by Costantino de' Servi, 1586
Column of Marcus Aurelius
Piazza Colonna
Rome, June 2019
“About three metres of the base have been below ground level since 1589 when, by order of pope Sixtus V, the whole column was restored by Domenico Fontana and adapted to the ground level of that time. Also a bronze statue of the apostle St. Paul was placed on the top platform, to go with that of St. Peter on Trajan's Column (27 October 1588). (Originally the top platform had a statue of Marcus Aurelius, but it was removed and switched with St.Paul after Christianity took reign as the dominant religion.)” (Column of Marcus Aurelius, Wikipedia)
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