The Arch of Trajan - Ancona, Italy - Ancient Roman Civilization on Waymarking.com

[ENG] The Arch of Trajan in Ancona is a Roman triumphal arch erected in 115 AD by the Senate and people of Rome in the reign of Emperor Trajan. It was built in honour of that Emperor after he expanded the port of the city out of his own pocket, improving the docks and the fortifications. It was from here that Trajan departed for the ultimately successful war against the Dacians, an episode which is commemorated in the bas relief of Trajan's column in Rome.

The arch was the work of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus, born in Roman Syria. Made of marble from the quarries of Marmara Island, it stands 18,5 metres high on a high podium approached by a wide flight of steps. The archway, only 3 m wide, is flanked by pairs of fluted Corinthian columns on pedestals. An attic bears inscriptions. The format is that of the Arch of Titus in Rome, but made taller, so that the bronze figures surmounting it, of Trajan on horseback, his wife Plotina and sister Marciana, would be a landmark for ships approaching Rome's greatest Adriatic port.

[ITA] L'arco di Traiano di Ancona è un arco trionfale attribuito ad Apollodoro di Damasco, fatto costruire nel II secolo d.C. dal Senato romano per esprimere la propria riconoscenza all'imperatore Traiano il quale aveva ampliato il porto di Ancona a proprie spese, rendendo più sicuro l'accesso d'Italia, come informa l'iscrizione posta sull'attico, ancora ben leggibile.[1][2]

Ha un singolo fornice affiancato da due coppie di colonne corinzie scanalate. Le sue caratteristiche più salienti sono le proporzioni, più slanciate rispetto ad altri archi romani, e lo stretto rapporto con il mare, sorgendo sul molo del porto di Ancona fatto costruire nel I secolo dall'imperatore Traiano. È uno dei simboli architettonici principali della città.

[POL] Luk zostal wzniesiony w 115 roku, na zakonczenie zleconej przez cesarza rozbudowy nabrzeza w ankonskim porcie. Jego autorstwo przypisywane jest Apollodorowi z Damaszku[2]. Jednoprzeslowy luk ma 19,21 m wysokosci i 10,26 m szerokosci, wspiera sie na czterech pólkolumnach zwienczonych korynckimi kapitelami. Fundamenty wykonano z bloków granitowych spajanych cementem, na budowe samego luku zuzyto natomiast 30 marmurowych bloków.

Most Relevant Historical Period: Roman Empire > 27 B.C. Condition: Partly intact or reconstructed Admission Fee: Not listed Opening days/times: Not listed Web Site: Not listed

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