Stock Photo: Winged Victory of Samothrace
Crowds gather at the base of the famous Winged Victory of Samothrace (c 200 BC), a statue found in a sanctuary on the Greek island of Samothrace in 1863. Created to celebrate a great naval victory, the monument would have originally stood next to a reflecting pool that may have been illuminated with flickering lamps by night. It now occupies a prominent location overlooking the Escalier Daru in the Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Image Details
- Photo ID
- 771
- Title
- Winged Victory of Samothrace
- Caption
- Crowds gather at the base of the famous Winged Victory of Samothrace (c 200 BC), a statue found in a sanctuary on the Greek island of Samothrace in 1863. Created to celebrate a great naval victory, the monument would have originally stood next to a reflecting pool that may have been illuminated with flickering lamps by night. It now occupies a prominent location overlooking the Escalier Daru in the Louvre Museum, Paris.
- Credit
- Holly Hayes
- Status
- All Rights Reserved
- Date Created
- July 21, 2008
- Date Added
- November 11, 2009
- Last Updated
- March 6, 2024
- Coordinates
- 48.8608680° N, 2.3366550° E
- Camera
- Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
- Focal Length
- 55 mm
- ISO
- 800
- File Size
- 5.95 MB
- Full Resolution
- 2592 x 3888 pixels
