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Lion of Venice is unveiled

300 BCE · Europe · Culture

Lion of Venice is unveiled
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The Lion of Venice is an ancient bronze sculpture of a winged lion in the Piazzetta di San Marco, in the Italian city of Venice, which came to symbolize the city—as well as one of its patron saints, Saint Mark—after its arrival there in the 12th century.

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