Column of Paris at the Baths of Diocletian

Near the Baths of Diocletian, in Via Giuseppe Romita, stands an ancient column crowned by a caravel, a symbol of the twinning between Rome and Paris, signed in 1956 by the Mayor of Rome, Salvatore Rebecchini, and the President of the Paris City Council, Jacques Feròn.

In 1959, the City of Rome decided to pay tribute to the agreement by dedicating a new street to the city of Paris, which was opened in the Rione Castro Pretorio. In 1961, to commemorate the historic pledge, an ancient column (discovered in Piazza Nicosia) was erected on this site, and a bronze caravel, donated by the City of Paris, was placed atop it (the caravel is Paris symbol). In the same year, the City of Rome reciprocated the gift by presenting Paris with its own municipal symbol, a bronze she-wolf, in a small garden in Place Paul Painlevé, in the Latin Quarter.

The Column of Paris at the Baths of Diocletian ph. Turismo Roma