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.
Wikipedia
  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 42 metres (138 feet)
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • Description: victory column in Istanbul, Turkey, from Delphi
  • Also known as
    “Delphi Tripod”
    “Plataean Tripod”
    “Plataian Tripod”
    “Serpentine Column”
    “Snake Column”
    “Yilanli Sütun”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Obelisk of Theodosius and Sultan Ahmed Square.
The is the Ancient Egyptian…
Antoine-François Andréossy, Public domain.
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was… is situated 120 metres northeast of Serpent Column.
Chapultepec, Public domain.
The is a museum…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mollafenari and Beyazıt.
Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , .
Khateeb88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.
Mister No, CC BY 3.0.
is a quarter in district of .

Serpent Column

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Latitude
41.00567° or 41° 0′ 20″ north
Longitude
28.97511° or 28° 58′ 30″ east
Open location code
8GHC2X4G+72
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415157636
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­column
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
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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