More on the reconstruction of the Colossus of Constantine

My internet algorithm has turned up several more items about the recreated figure of the Emperor Constantine which has been installed on the Capitoline in Rome.

One is a piece from France 24 which describes the replica, and can be seen at Towering Colossus of Constantine reconstructed in Rome

 

There is also a report from Associated Press

which outlines the history of the original statue and also something of the ideas behind the reconstruction, funded by the charitable arm of Prada, and it can be seen at A giant statue of Emperor Constantine looks out over Rome again with help from 3D technology

There is a third, more technical account given its origin, about the material used to simulate the marble elements which can be seen at A giant statue of Emperor Constantine looks out over Rome again with help from 3D technology

Finally here, as an afterword, there is the link to the website of the Yorkshire Museum in York and their entry about the head of a statue of the Emperor which once adorned the centre of that city when it was Eboracum and where he was first acclaimed as Augustus after the death of his father on July 25th 306. The marble head is now somewhat battered and weathered but it links where he began his reign to the rest of the Empire and his extraordinary, world changing reign. The marble head can be seen at Bust of Constantine the Great