Turkey
Istanbul
Historical Peninsula

Serpent Column

The Serpent Column, also known as the Serpentine Column, Plataean Tripod or Delphi Tripod, is an ancient bronze column at the in what is now , Turkey.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: victory column in Istanbul, Turkey, from Delphi
  • Also known as: “Delphi Tripod”, “Plataean Tripod”, “Plataian Tripod”, “Serpentine Column”, “Snake Column”, and “Yilanli Sütun”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Obelisk of Theodosius and Sultan Ahmed Square.

Obelisk
The is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III, first erected during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. It was re-erected in the of Constantinople by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD.

Square
Photo: Antoine-François Andréossy, Public domain.
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square in , Turkey, known as Sultanahmet Square. is situated 120 metres northeast of Serpent Column.

Museum
Photo: Chapultepec, Public domain.
The is a museum in in district of , which first opened in 1914 and in 1983 moved into the palace of Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, the second grand vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mollafenari and Beyazıt.

Suburb
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 99. It is on the European side of .

Suburb
Photo: Khateeb88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Quarter
Photo: Mister No, CC BY 3.0.
is a quarter in district of . It is located along the northern shore of Marmara Sea. Up to recent times, is the center of the Armenian community of the city, boasting a school and several churches.

Serpent Column

Latitude
41.00567° or 41° 0′ 20″ north
Longitude
28.97511° or 28° 58′ 30″ east
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Open location code
8GHC2X4G+72
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415157636
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­column
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7522137
Wiki­data ID
Q588892
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Serpent Column” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kolona e Gjarprit”
  • Arabic: “يلانلِ سوتون”
  • Armenian: “Օձերի սյուն”
  • Azerbaijani: “İlanlı sütun”
  • Bashkir: “Йыланлы бағана”
  • Bulgarian: “Змийска колона (Истанбул)”
  • Bulgarian: “Змийска колона”
  • Catalan: “Columna de les serps”
  • Catalan: “Columna Serpentina”
  • Catalan: “Trípode de Delfos”
  • Catalan: “Trípode de Platea”
  • Catalan: “Yilanli Sütun”
  • Chinese: “蛇柱”
  • Chinese: “螺旋圆柱”
  • Czech: “Hadí sloup”
  • Dutch: “Slangenzuil”
  • Finnish: “Käärmepylväs”
  • French: “colonne serpentine”
  • French: “Colonne serpentine”
  • French: “offrande de Platées”
  • French: “trépied de Delphes”
  • French: “trépied de Platées”
  • German: “Schlangensäule”
  • Greek: “Οφιόσχημη στήλη”
  • Greek: “Στήλη των όφεων”
  • Greek: “Στήλη φιδιού”
  • Greek: “Τρικάρηνος Όφις”
  • Greek: “Τρικέφαλο φίδι”
  • Greek: “Τρίποδας των Δελφών”
  • Greek: “Τρίποδας των Πλαταιών”
  • Hindi: “सर्प स्तंभ”
  • Hungarian: “Kígyó oszlop”
  • Indonesian: “Tiang Ular”
  • Italian: “Colonna serpentina”
  • Japanese: “蛇の柱”
  • Japanese: “青銅の蛇の柱”
  • Korean: “뱀기둥”
  • Macedonian: “Змиски столб”
  • Persian: “ستون مار”
  • Polish: “Kolumna Wężowa”
  • Portuguese: “Coluna Serpentina”
  • Romanian: “Coloana Șarpelui”
  • Romanian: “Coloana șerpuită”
  • Russian: “Змеиная колонна”
  • Serbian: “Змијски стуб”
  • Slovenian: “Kačji steber”
  • Spanish: “Columna de las Serpientes”
  • Spanish: “Columna Serpentina”
  • Spanish: “Trípode de Delfos”
  • Spanish: “Trípode de Platea”
  • Spanish: “Yilanli Sütun”
  • Tatar: “Еланлы багана”
  • Turkish: “Yılanlı Sütun”
  • Ukrainian: “Зміїна колона”

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