La majestueuse colonnade de la basilique de Trajan à Rome, qui se dresse dans le forum de cet empereur romain à proximité immédiate du Colisée, vient d'être partiellement restaurée grâce à un oligarque russe actuellement soumis à des sanctions.
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00:00 The majestic colonnade of the Basilica of Trajan in Rome,
00:03 which stands in the forum of this Roman emperor near the Colosseum,
00:08 has been partially restored thanks to a Russian oligarch currently subject to sanctions.
00:12 Two steps from the Colosseum, the imposing colonnade of the Basilica of Trajan in Rome
00:18 has been partially restored thanks to a Russian oligarch now under the blow of sanctions.
00:22 While most of the sites engaged in Rome to exhume the ancient ruins force tourists to lean,
00:28 the reconstruction of the Corinthian colonnade at two levels invites them to look up at the sky,
00:33 more than 23 metres high.
00:35 "If visitors do not perceive the height of the monuments,
00:38 they do not understand the significance of the architecture",
00:41 explains AFP Claudio Parisi-Presix,
00:44 conservative head of the cultural heritage of Rome, during a visit to the site.
00:49 The basilica, which was once a building without religious vocation,
00:52 is the masterpiece of the forum of Trajan,
00:55 the largest and last of the imperial forums, named after Marcus Ulcus Trajanus,
01:00 emperor from 98 to 117 AD.
01:04 Inaugurated in the 2nd century, it was largely collapsed in the Middle Ages,
01:08 but was re-established by excavations in the early 19th century and in the 1930s.
01:14 The current project, which began in 2021,
01:17 has been able to identify three marble columns left for nearly a century in a corner,
01:22 without link to their foundation, details Claudio Parisi-Presix.
01:26 A restoration funded by an oligarch close to Putin.
01:30 The project was funded by a donation of 1.5 million euros
01:34 granted in 2015 by the oligarch of Uzbek origin Alisher Usmanov.
01:39 It was sanctioned by the EU and the United States after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in early 2022,
01:44 accused by the American treasurer of being close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
01:49 Forbes estimated last year his fortune at $14.4 billion,
01:54 built in the metallurgical and mining industry.
01:57 Named "the most generous donor" on the list of the rich patrons of the Sunday Times in 2021
02:02 after having donated $4.2 billion to charity works in 20 years,
02:07 Alisher Usmanov is an Italophile who has already made Rome benefit from his liberalism.
02:12 Questioned by this, Claudio Parisi-Presix pleads that Alisher Usmanov's funding
02:17 was accepted before the Western sanctions and Rome's ancient heritage,
02:22 is it worth it? is universal.
02:25 Trajan's vast military campaigns, including the quasi-extermination of the Dacian people in present-day Romania,
02:30 allowed Rome to further extend its borders.
02:34 These two bloody wars launched against the Dacians are represented by a spiral bas-relief
02:38 on the Column of Trajan, located just north of the Basilica and erected to glorify the victories of the emperor and his butins.
02:46 Trajan built a monument using the most precious materials that could be used at that time,
02:52 says Claudio Parisi-Presix, in the image of these coloured marbles extracted in Egypt, Asia and Africa.
02:59 A few hundred and fifty archaeological projects were planned in Rome until 2027.
03:04 The basilica, which housed the civil and penal courts and other administrations,
03:09 was made up of five central alleys separated by rows of columns.
03:13 Designed by the famous architect Apollodorus of Damascus, it was covered with a bronze tile roof,
03:18 while statues of Dacian prisoners and frescoes representing the weapons of the victorious legions were decorated on the facade.
03:25 Previous excavations had revealed the forum and the remains of its basilica,
03:29 but while the massive granite pillars running along the basilica had been restored and re-built,
03:34 the colonnade was still missing its second floor.