Serpent Column (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality)

 column, ancient, archaeological site, byzantine

In 326, by order of Emperor Constantine the Great, it was transferred from a temple in Delphi in
today's Istanbul. Now there is a copy of the original: bit.ly/2AdHtMW .
It was created to perpetuate the victory of the Greek city-states over the Persians at Palatea. According to legend, the three intertwined snakes were made from the shields of Persian soldiers who died in battle with the Greeks. The column was 6.5 m high, but the huge golden cauldron with a diameter of 2 m at its base disappeared during the transfer to Constantinople, and the heads of the intertwined snakes were broken during the Ottoman period. Now the column is only 5 meters high. Today, one of the snake's heads is kept in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum, and the other is on display in the British Museum in London.
In 2015 a bronze cast copy of the serpent column was made and set up in the Archaeological Site of Delphi.

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