The bronze statue of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Saint_Peter" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Peter">Saint Peter</a>, placed by Pope <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sixtus_V" title="Sixtus V">Sixtus V</a> in 1588 on top of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trajan%27s_column" class="mw-redirect" title="Trajan's column">Trajan's column</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rome" class="mw-redirect" title="Rome">Rome</a>, to replace the lost statue of emperor <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trajan" class="mw-redirect" title="Trajan">Trajan</a>. Picture by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>, April 6 2008.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">G.dallorto</a>
Attribution
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>