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title: View from Staircase of Central Pillar and Loculi, Columbarium 1, Vigna Codini
author: Francesca Santoro L'hoir
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3146/view-from-staircase-of-central-pillar-and-loculi-c/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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# View from Staircase of Central Pillar and Loculi, Columbarium 1, Vigna Codini

_Authored by [Francesca Santoro L'hoir](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/Phyllida/)_

## Image File

[![View from Staircase of Central Pillar and Loculi, Columbarium 1, Vigna Codini](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3146.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3146.jpg)

## Image Caption

The loculi in the central pillar of this columbarium in [Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/Rome/) (discovered in 1940 CE) seem to have been reserved for the elected officers of the funeral institution (The name of one of them has been stamped several times into the wet stucco, indicating that he was a founder of the columbarium). The square loculi in the top centre of the pillar would have held freestanding marble urns.

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## About the Author

I am a former college professor and Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, 1997.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
L'hoir, F. S. (2014, October 19). View from Staircase of Central Pillar and Loculi, Columbarium 1, Vigna Codini. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3146/view-from-staircase-of-central-pillar-and-loculi-c/>
### Chicago
L'hoir, Francesca Santoro. "View from Staircase of Central Pillar and Loculi, Columbarium 1, Vigna Codini." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 19, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3146/view-from-staircase-of-central-pillar-and-loculi-c/>.
### MLA
L'hoir, Francesca Santoro. "View from Staircase of Central Pillar and Loculi, Columbarium 1, Vigna Codini." *World History Encyclopedia*, 19 Oct 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3146/view-from-staircase-of-central-pillar-and-loculi-c/>.

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