Serpent column/ Plataean tripod/ Delphi tripod (Istanbul) (14 Subjects)
At Meydanı square, which is buit on the site of the Byzantine Hippodrome of Constantinople. Muslim wedding procession, possibly of an Ottoman official. In the background, the obelisk of Theodosius I, and the Serpent Column (Plataean tripod) from Delphi sanctuary, which was brought to Constantinople by Constantine I.
View of the Byzantine Hippodrome in Istanbul.
The Serpent Column in the Byzantine Hippodrome of Istanbul.
Coins of ancient Byzantium. The Serpent column from Delphi on the Hippodrome of Constantinople. The column of Constantine (Çemberlitaş sütunu).
Hippodrome of Constantinople (At Meydanı) with the obelisk of Theodosius I and the Serpent column (Plataean or Delphi tripod). Mosque of Sultan Ahmed in the background.
Serpent column or Delphi tripod at the Hippodrome of Constantinople (At Meydanı).
The Serpent column at the Hippodrome of Constantinople. The Column of Constantine. The Column of Marcian. All drawings from the work of G. Wheler.
Α. The Column of Constantine I (Çemberlitaş Sütunu). Β. The Obelisk of Theodosius I at the Hippodrome of Constantinople. C. The Serpent Column at the Hippodrome of Constantinople. D. The Column of Arcadius in Istanbul.
The Hippodrome of Constantinople. In the foreground the Obelisk of Theodosius I and the Serpent column. In the background Hagia Sophia and the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I.
The Hippodrome of Constantinople: The Serpent column, and the obelisks of Theodosius I and Constantine VII.
The mosque of Sultan Ahmed I and the Byzantine Hippodrome. In the foreground, the Obelisk of Theodosius I, and the Obelisk of Constantine VII. Between them, the Serpent column, that is, the bronze base of the golden tripod of Plataeae, originally in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi.
The Obelisk of Theodosius I (on the left) , and the Serpentine Column, from the Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, at the Byzantine Hippodrome of Istanbul.
Map of Istanbul, showing some of the city's main sights: A. The Plataean Tripod at the Byzantine Hippodrome B. The Column of Arcadius C. The Patriarchate of Constantinople D. The church of Hagioi Apostoloi, Istanbul. E. Atik Mustafa Pasa Mosque at the area of Vlacherna, initially a church built in the Byzantine era; its original dedication remains unknown. F. Cannons used in Suleiman I's campaigns to Belgrade, Rhodes and Budapest.
The Serpentine column from Apollo's sanctuary at Delphi at the Byzantine Hippodrome of Istanbul (At Meydan), today Sultan Ahmed Square. The porphyrite column at the ancient Forum of Constantine (today Cemberlitas Square), in Istanbul. The column of Marcian, in Istanbul