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The Lion in the 1870s. The Lion seen from ground level in 2017. The Lion seen from the Doge's Palace.. The Lion of Venice is an ancient bronze sculpture of a winged lion 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 Column of San Teodoro is topped by a statue of Theodore Tiron, who was the patron saint of Venice before he was succeeded by Saint Mark. Both columns were likely erected either between 1172 and 1177 (during the reign of Doge Sebastiano Ziani ) by Nicolò Barattieri , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] or sometime around 1268.
Lion of Venice, Piazzetta San Marco; Camera manufacturer: NIKON CORPORATION: Camera model: NIKON D5: Author: Didier Descouens: Exposure time: 1/250 sec (0.004) F-number: f/7.1: ISO speed rating: 100: Date and time of data generation: 10:20, 22 May 2017: Lens focal length: 120 mm: Short title: Lion of Venice, Piazzetta San Marco; Orientation ...
The Lion of Saint Mark, representing Mark the Evangelist, pictured in the form of a winged lion, is an aspect of the Tetramorph. On the pinnacle of St Mark's Cathedral he is depicted as holding a Bible, and surmounting a golden lion which is the symbol of the city of Venice and formerly of the Venetian Republic.
The Venetian patriciate (Italian: Patriziato veneziano, Venetian: Patrisiato venesian) was one of the three social bodies into which the society of the Republic of Venice was divided, together with citizens and foreigners. Patrizio was the noble title of the members of the aristocracy ruling the city of Venice and the Republic.
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Piazzetta dei Leoncini is a city square in Venice, Italy. [1] The square is located on the north side of the St Mark's Basilica , near the Palazzo Patriarcale and San Basso . [ 2 ] The square is known for its lion statuary in marble of Cottanello, made by the sculptor Giovanni Bonazza in 1722. [ 3 ]