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| Picture No | 11991233 |
| Date | circa 1900s |
| Description | Serpent Column, Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey |
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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).
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| Source | Photograph by GWW on a glass slide |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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