Serpent Column, Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey
Serpent Column in the Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey. At one time the column had three serpent heads. Made of bronze, the column was built to commemorate the Greeks who fought and defeated the Persian Empire at the Battle of Plataea (479 BC)
Picture No
11991233
Media ID
47694169
Size
4674px x 3642px
(2.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by GWW on a glass slide
Date
circa 1900s
