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  2. Lions (Utah State Capitol) - Wikipedia

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    Two pairs of lion sculpture are installed at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. The original statues were created by Gavin Jack with cement in 1915, and repaired by Ralphael Plescia in 1977. Replacements were sculpture by Nick Fairplay with Italian marble. The sculpture are known as Fortitude, Honor, Integrity, and Patience. [1]

  3. Medici lions - Wikipedia

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    Fancelli's ancient lion Vacca's lion. The Medici lions are a pair of marble sculptures of lions: one of which is Roman, dating to the 2nd century AD, and the other a 16th-century pendant. By 1598 both were placed at the Villa Medici, Rome. [1] Since 1789 they have been displayed at the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence. The sculptures depict ...

  4. HSBC lions - Wikipedia

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    A pair of lions were again commissioned for the new headquarters. This pair was a close replica of the Hong Kong lions, even including the signatures of W.W. Wagstaff on the sculpture. The casting was completed at Bronze Age Foundry in nearby Limehouse, directed by Zambian-born New Zealand sculptor Mark Kennedy. However, Kennedy was asked not ...

  5. Cultural depictions of lions - Wikipedia

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    Lev is a common Slavic name meaning "lion". The Latin name for Lviv is Leopolis, meaning "Lion City". The name of the city of Oran in Algeria is derived from the Berber root 'HR meaning lion, from which are also derived the names of Tahert and Souk Ahras. The name is attested in multiple Berber languages, for instance as uharu and ahra. A ...

  6. Komainu - Wikipedia

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    A pair of komainu, the "a" on the right, the "um" on the left. Komainu (狛犬), often called lion-dogs in English, are statue pairs of lion-like creatures, which traditionally guard the entrance or gate of the shrine, or placed in front of or within the honden (inner sanctum) of Japanese Shinto shrines.

  7. Chinese guardian lions - Wikipedia

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    Pairs of guardian lion statues are still common and symbolic elements at the entrances to restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and other structures, with one sitting on each side of the entrance, in China and in other places around the world where the Chinese people have immigrated and settled, especially in local Chinatowns. [citation needed]

  8. Winged Lion Memorial - Wikipedia

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    Winged Lion Memorial, left side. The two metre high Winged Lion is the work of the contemporary British sculptor Colin Spofforth. [1] The Lion was cast in bronze at the artistic foundry in Horní Kalná, Hradec Králové Region. [2] The Lion is placed on a concrete plinth covered by Czech granite. [1]

  9. Bridge of Lions - Wikipedia

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    A pair of copies of the marble Medici lions guard the bridge, begun in 1925 and completed in 1927. They were removed in February 2005 and returned in March 2011. Roads & Bridges magazine named the Bridge of Lions as fourth in the nation's top 10 bridges for 2010. Projects were evaluated based on size, community impact and challenges resolved.