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Tribune rostrale - virtual Rome @ unicaen

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Captain Grenvilles column by foshie
Captain Grenville's Column is a tall rostral column in memory of Lord Cobham's nephew, Captain Thomas Grenville. He was killed in May 1747 during a naval engagement against the French (Stowe gardens)

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Entre 1836 et 1846, la place est transformée par l'architecte Jacques-Ignace Hittorff qui conserve le principe imaginé par Gabriel. Il ajoute deux fontaines monumentales — la Fontaine des Mers et la Fontaine des Fleuves — de part et d'autre de l'obélisque et ceinture la place de lampadaires et de colonnes rostrales. La place se veut ainsi une célébration du génie naval de la France, en référence à la présence, dans l'un des deux hôtels édifiés par Gabriel, du ministère de la Marine. ... Les colonnes rostrales portent des proues de navire, qui évoquent également l'emblème de la Ville de Paris. Les statues allégoriques de huit villes françaises dessinent le contour de l'octogone imaginé par Gabriel.


Colonne rostrale & proue de navire - place de la Concorde

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by Dominique Césari
see also this post.

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Vladivostok : Rostral Column erected on the occasion of the city's 100th anniversary. Sculptor V. Zaverev, architect L. Stolyarevsky @ citmap

The cape of Basil Island (Vasilievsky Island) is called a Spit (Strelka) (Tongue of Land) because it sticks out into the Neva Riverin the shape of a spit and divides it into two estuaries. The spot ranks as one of the most prominent architectural sights in Saint- Petersburg. The two almost a hundred feet high redbrick.

Rostral Columns raised on the Spit in 1810 and designed by an architect Tomas de Tomon as a symbol of the naval supremacy of the Russian Empire and in honor of the Russian fleet victories. The shafts of the columns are decorated with the sculptural images of bows (rostra) of enemy ships. The five metre high allegoric statues installed at the foot of each column embody the four main Russian northern rivers: Volga, Dnieper, Neva and Volhov. The St.Petersburg Columns were designed as beacons or lighthouses as well and in 1957 the natural gas was laid up to the stone lighting cups at the top of each column, They are still fitted with gas lamps that are lit on ceremonial occasions. They are reminders that until the 1880s this part of Petersburg was a thriving port.

Now we have rosters :
- Protruding upon diverse parts of animals, fish, insects and organs – easy, just search - and in front of ships ;
@ petersburg-travel-guide
- Added to columns commemorating naval victories : two in Rome, four in Russia (St Pete’s two, Tsarskoie, Vladi’s), seen on Flickr, Google, matchboxes and ruble notes. Any more ? Send them (feel free to comment.)

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Titus, AR Denarius Mint of Rome, 79 A.D. 18mm, 2.94gm, die axis: 6:00 Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M. Laureate bust right. Rx: TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P. Radiate figure standing facing, holding spear and parazonium, atop rostral column decorated with ships' beaks and anchors. RIC II 10, RSC 272, VM 30/3. The Flavian Dynasty



Obverse : TYPE: Bust of Octavian laureate
Reverse :TYPE: rostral column with Octavian nude except for Greek-style cloak ; LEGEND: IMP(erator) CAESAR
The monument depicted on the coin is a statue of Octavian, nude, on a column decorated with prows (rostra) of enemy ships. The monument was erected in the Forum Romanum to commemorate the naval victory over Sextus Pompeius; a similar column had been erected in the third century for a victory over the Carthaginians. Cuny Brooklyn

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50-Ruble Banknote : In the upper left-hand and right-hand corners of the reverse side of the banknote is the figure 50 in patterned rosettes and microprinted blue horizontal lines made of the figure 50. In the centre is an engraved picture of the former stock exchange and the Rostral Column in St. Petersburg. Under the engraving is a decorative shield bearing the inscription "Sankt-Peterburg" and to the right are several dark horizontal bands and a large figure 50.


rostral column at The The virtual matchbox labels museum

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Fickr : Explore / Tags / rostral (three pics)


Rostral Column

... and : Split of Vasilyevsky island by lisso, tags : st.petersburg, russia, split, Island, rostral, column ...


by me.чта, tags : city, night, light, rostral, column

And more in WP :

Чесменская колонна - the Chesme Column in Tsarskoye Selo commemorates three Russian naval victories in the Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774, specifically the Battle of Chesma.The monument is a Doric column of white-and-pink marble, decorated with rosters and crowned by a bronze figure ...