Igel is a municipality in the
Trier-Saarburg district, in
Rhineland-Palatinate,
Germany. Igel is known for the
Igel Column
The Igel Column ( German: ''Igeler Säule'') is a multi-storeyed Roman sandstone column in the municipality of Igel, Trier, Germany, dated to . The column is the burial monument of the Secundinii cloth merchant family, and was built by two of ...
, a 23 m high
Roman decorated
tomb. The Igel Column is a
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
References
Trier-Saarburg
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