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Lion of Venice
The ''Lion of Venice'' is an ancient bronze winged lion sculpture in the Piazza San Marco of Venice, Italy, which came to symbolize the city — as well as one of its patron saints, St Mark — after its arrival there in the 12th century. The sculpture surmounts one of two large granite columns in the Square, thought to have been erected between 1172 - 1177 during the reign of Doge Sebastiano Ziani〔Madden, Thomas F., ''Venice: islands of honor and profit: a new history'' (2012), Penguin Books, p. 98.〕 or about 1268,〔Maguire, Henry and Robert S. Nelson, editors (2010), ''San Marco, Byzantium and the Myths of Venice (Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Symposia and Colloquia)''; Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, pg 79 and note 10 on pg 10.〕 bearing ancient symbols of the two patron saints of Venice. The ''Lion'' sculpture has had a very long and obscure history, probably starting its existence as a winged lion-griffin statue on a monument to the god Sandon at Tarsus in Cilicia (Southern Turkey) about 300 BC.〔Scarfi, Bianca Maria, ”The Bronze Lion of St Mark” (1990); In: Scarfi, Bianca Maria, editor, ''The Lion of Venice: Studies and Research on the Bronze Statue in the Piazzetta'', Prestel Publishing, pp. 31-124.〕 The figure, which stands on the eastern column, at some point came to represent the “Lion of Saint Mark”, traditional symbol of Saint Mark the evangelist. The figure standing on the western column is St. Theodore of Amasea, patron of the city before St Mark, who holds a spear and stands on a crocodile (to represent the dragon which he was said to have slain). It is also made up of parts of antique statues and is a copy, the original being kept in the Doge's Palace.
==Description==
The ''Lion'' weighs approximately 3,000 kilograms. The book under its front paws is a later addition.
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