translate English to French: Nowadays, the structure is dominated by the statue of San Pietro, taking the place of the imperial statue of Traiano which went destroyed; it roughly reaches 40 metres of highness with a diameter of approximately 3.5. The most interesting part of the Traiana Column is obviously the decoration in bas-relief that evolves as an helicoidal papyrus along the column, and which describes the campaign of Dacia, illustrating in addition to more than 2500 figures, scenes of everyday life and war life.
Le projet réalisé par l'architecte de l'empereur Apollodore de Damas, prévoyait une grande place à arcades limitrophe des marchés d'un côté et de la basilique de l'autre; derrière la basilique la colonne , placée entre les deux édifices des bibliothèques, et pour conclure l'ensemble, derrière la colonne, le temple de l'empereur.