odys-seus:Arco di Traiano, Benevento (Beneventum)Erected between 114 and 117 AD. The Arch of Trajan
odys-seus:Arco di Traiano, Benevento (Beneventum)Erected between 114 and 117 AD. The Arch of Trajan was “erected in honour of the Emperor Trajan across the Via Appia, at the point where it enters the city.It was restored several times due to aging and earthquakes: under Pope Urban VIII, then in 1661, 1713 (after the marble architrave crumbled) and 1792. In 1850, on the occasion of Pope Pius IX’s visit to Benevento, it was isolated through demolition of the adjoining buildings.The pendentives of the archway depict personifications of the Danube and of Mesopotamia on the outer side, and Victory and Military Loyalty on the side facing the city, accompanied by the genii of the Four Seasons. On the arch’s keystones are further personifications: Fortune on the outer, and Rome on the city side. The internal façade of the archway has two wide sculpted panels, portraying scenes of Trajan in Benevento: on the left (from inside the city) is the Sacrifice for the opening of the Via Traiana, with the emperor flanked by lictors, while on the right is the institution of the alimentaria (a beneficent institution created by Trajan to help children in Roman Italy), symbolized by pieces of bread on the table in the center, with personifications of Italian cities with children. The vault has a coffered ceiling, in the center of which is a personification of the Emperor crowned by Victory.”Text from Wikipedia. Really great photos, thanks for sharing. -- source link
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