Columna de Pompeyo

Pompey's Pillar

Facts About Pompey's Pillar

The pillar of Pompey is an associated fine arts marvel settled amidst the ruins of the Serapeum within the Egyptian coastal town of Alexandria. It's one of the most important places of antiquity. The Serapeum was an associate Greek temple that was designed throughout the reign of the Ptolemaic kingdom in Egypt and was dedicated to the new god idolized in Alexandria and everyone over Egypt, Serapis, who was believed to be the defender of Alexandria.

Pompey's pillar was named after Pompey, a Roman politician and leader; the pillar is by no means associated with him. That is, as a result of it the aforementioned that Pompey betrayed his nation left the military throughout a crucial time of war, and flew the coop to his town. He was killed and his head was continued prime of the pillar.

 

Serapeum Temple Alexandria

It was built in 297 A.D. to celebrate the success of a Roman Emperor named Diocletian (who dominated Rome between 284 and 305 A.D. and jointly took management over Egypt) following a revolt in Alexandria.

The pillar is within the kind of monolithic column whose base diameter is a pair of—71 m. The pillar tree, excluding the bottom and capital (the tallest half on the prime of the column), is 20.46 m high. If the peak of the bottom and therefore the capital are taken into consideration, the overall height of the pillar is twenty-six. 85.85 m. The pillar was cut from one piece of urban center red granite, and its calculable weight is 285 tons.

The pillar stands on a rocky highland in stark distinction to the encircling ruins of the Serapeum. Steps leading from the pillar merge into the ruins of the temple. 2 sphinx statues are also gifts close to the bottom of Pompey's Pillar. Though the Serapeum is one of the foremost splendid temples within the region, it absolutely was heavily plundered and possibly destroyed by Roman troopers or a Christian crowd.

Discover the positioning of Pompey's Pillar and lots of alternative monuments within the town that were designed by the legendary Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great in 332 B.C. by booking the standard day tour to Alexandria from Cairo to get pleasure from the most effective atmosphere within the whole country of Egypt.

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