Istanbul - Emperor William's Fountain

In the gardens on the northwest side of Atmeydani in Istanbul can be seen a fountain, rather inappropriate to its surroundings, presented by the German Emperor William II in 1898. Then follow, to the southwest, three ancient monuments: a 20m/65ft-high Egyptian obelisk (Dikilitas; from Heliopolis; reign of Thutmosis III, 1501-1448 B.C.) with Roman reliefs from the time of Theodosius I on the base; the Serpent Column (Burmali Sütun), the stump (5m/16ft high) of a bronze column bearing a golden tripod on three snakes' heads which was set up at Delphi to commemorate the Greek victory over the Persians in the Battle of Plataea (479 B.C.); and the so-called Colossus, a masonry column of uncertain age with a Greek inscription in the name of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus.