Public art & sculpture · London
Trajan
In or near City of London.
Trajan — Public artwork (statue).
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Tower Hill · 0.0 km
- Free entry
About
Trajan is a place of interest in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "Public artwork (statue).". Coordinates: 51.5099°, -0.0761°.
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Official information
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From the Wikipedia article
The statue of Trajan is an outdoor twentieth-century bronze sculpture depicting the Roman Emperor Trajan, located in front of a section of the London Wall built by Romans, at Tower Hill in London, United Kingdom.
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Background
History
The statue was installed in 1980 as a bequest from P. B. "Tubby" Clayton, the vicar of All Hallows-by-the-Tower. The Museum of London believes the figure to have been recovered from a scrapyard in Southampton in the 1920s, and notes that its head does not match its body. There is no information presented at the site about the sculptor. The upper part of the head is the result of restoration; other casts are in Rome (at the via dei Fori Imperiali and Museum of Roman Civilization), Ancona and Benevento. Trajan presided over the second-greatest military expansion in Roman history, after Augustus, leading the empire to attain its maximum territorial extent by the time of his death. He never…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5099, -0.0761
- District
- Tower Hamlets
- Parish
- Tower Hamlets, unparished area
- Postcode
- EC3N 4DJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse
- Nearest railway station
- Tower Hill — 0 km
- Official site
- www.hrp.org.uk
Sources
- osm: n697037340 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Statue of Trajan, Tower Hill (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: London Tower Trajan.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Trajan?
- Trajan is in London, United Kingdom (postcode EC3N 4DJ), in the parish of Tower Hamlets, unparished area.
- What is Trajan?
- Trajan — Public artwork (statue).
- How do I get to Trajan?
- The nearest railway station is Tower Hill, about 0.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode EC3N 4DJ.
- Who owns Trajan?
- Trajan is owned by | accession =.
- How do I get to Trajan?
- The nearest railway station is Tower Hill, about 0.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode EC3N 4DJ.