{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.victory-column","code":"thing-q1930585","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1930585/","name":"victory column","alternateNames":["Triunfo de San Rafael"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.2","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.BLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A monumental free-standing column erected to commemorate a military victory or triumph, often topped by a statue of a deity, ruler or allegorical figure and decorated with reliefs, from Roman triumphal columns such as those of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius to later examples in European capitals and religious triumphal monuments such as the Triumph of Saint Raphael columns of Cordoba; victory columns are sculpture, memorial and urban landmark, and their commemorated events are described here with 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