column

Summary

column ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,374 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• column is a type of architectural structure^[2].
• column is a type of architectural element^[3].
• column is part of colonnade^[4].
• column is part of building^[5].
• column's Commons category is recorded as Columns^[6].
• column comprises column base^[7].
• column comprises shaft^[8].
• column comprises capital^[9].
• column's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Columns^[10].
• column's Commons gallery is recorded as Column^[11].
• column's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=column^[12].
• column's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• column's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[14].
• column's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[15].
• column's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• column's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[17].
• column's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• column's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[19].
• column's has characteristic is recorded as shape^[20].
• column's name in kana is recorded as はしら^[21].
• column's different from is recorded as Column^[22].
• column's different from is recorded as memorial column^[23].
• column's connects with is recorded as soban^[24].
• column's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include architectural structure^[2] and architectural element^[3].

Use and Application

Components include column base^[7], shaft^[8], and capital^[9]. Part of include colonnade^[4], an architectural element^[26] and building^[5].

Influence

Things named for column include Damascus Gate^[27], a city gate^[28], in Palestine^[29], founded in 1537^[30]; Chehel Sotun^[31], a palace^[32], in Iran^[33]; and Onbashira^[34], a shikinen-sai^[35], in Japan^[36].

Why It Matters

column ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,374 views/month).^[1] column has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] column is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for column include Damascus Gate^[27], a city gate^[28], in Palestine^[29], founded in 1537^[30]; Chehel Sotun^[31], a palace^[32], in Iran^[33]; and Onbashira^[34], a shikinen-sai^[35], in Japan^[36].