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    June 19, 2025

    The serpent column erected 4th c.A.D

      October 23, 2023

      The Serpent Column is one of three remaining monuments of the Hippodrome of Constantinople.

        January 21, 2024

        The Serpent Column of Delphi was built to commemorate the Battle of Plataai in 479 BC. Built. The original shape of the three snakes, which grew almost 8 meters high while encircling each other, is interpreted in different ways. The snake pillar was supposed to protect the city from snakes and vermin with its magical powers.
        After the city was conquered by the Ottomans in 1453, the column is said to have been converted into a three-mouthed fountain, the heads of which were gradually damaged and chopped off.

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