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Igel Column
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location	Igel, Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Part of	Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
Criteria	Cultural: (i), (iii), (iv), (vi)
Reference	367-004
Inscription	1986 (10th Session)
Coordinates	49°42′33″N 6°32′58″E / 49.7092°N 6.5494°E
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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.^[1]

Measuring 30 metres (98 ft) in height, it is crowned by the sculptural group of Jupiter and Ganymede.^[2] 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.^[3] The coloni are received before the entrance to the atrium.^[3] The donations consist of a hare, two fish, a kid, an eel, a rooster and a basket of fruit.^[3]

The Igel Column is designated as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier. It has been represented numerous time in paintings and drawings. A polychromed replica dominates the central courtyard of the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier.

Back of the column
Central relief
Detail top
Joan Blaeu, 1649
William Pars, 1783
Polychromed replica

References

^ "Igel Column". Trier-info.de. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
^ Wightman, Edith (1985). Gallia Belgica. University of California Press. p. 175. ISBN 0520052978.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rostovtzeff, M. (1927). A History of the Ancient World: Rome. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 330. ISBN 0819621633.

[1] "Igel Column". Trier-info.de. Retrieved 2 November 2013.

[2] Wightman, Edith (1985). Gallia Belgica. University of California Press. p. 175. ISBN 0520052978.

[Rostovtzeff-3] Rostovtzeff, M. (1927). A History of the Ancient World: Rome. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. p. 330. ISBN 0819621633.

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+| location      = [[Igel]], [[Trier]], [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Germany]]
+| part_of       = [[Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier UNESCO World Heritage Site|Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier]]
+| criteria      = {{UNESCO WHS type|(i), (iii), (iv), (vi)}}(i), (iii), (iv), (vi)
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+| year          = 1986
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 The '''Igel Column''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Igeler Säule'') is a multi-storeyed [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[sandstone]] column in the municipality of [[Igel]], [[Trier]], [[Germany]], dated to {{circa|250 AD}}. The column is the burial monument of the '''Secundinii''' cloth merchant family.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.trier-info.de/english/igel-column-info| title = Igel Column|publisher =Trier-info.de|accessdate = 2 November 2013}}</ref>
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