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Winged lion of Venice
- Universally known as the symbol of Venice, its ancient Republic, but also of the region of Veneto and the Italian Militar Marin, the winged lion of Venice is usually interpreted as an allegory of Saint Mark, referring to an old tradition according to which an angel, in the form of a winged lion, would have indicated the lagoon territory of Veneto as Saint Mark’s burial place; the winged lion is also referred in the Apocalypse as one of the four animals surrounding Jesus Christ reborn.
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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 first representations of this figure in Venice date back in 1261, because it simbolically embodied all the characteristics Venetians people were proud to be recognized for: the mane embodied the strength of the Republic. the wings symbolized the spiritual power.
This strange bronze sculpture, originally gilded, might date back to the 4 th century BC. It arrived in Venice from Constantinople or another Middle Eastern region, and has stood on the column since the 12th century.
The Republic of Venice ( Italian: Repubblica di Venezia; Venetian: Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic, [a] traditionally known as La Serenissima, [b] was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.
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. It is also found in the symbol of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria .
Venice, Italy. The Bartolomeo Colleoni equestrian statue, located beside the Scuola Grande di San Marco in the Campo SS Giovanni e Paolo, was erected in fulfillment of a request made by the condotierro before his death in 1475.
May 5, 2015 · The main Venetian lion is, of course, the one made out of bronze that stands proudly atop a tall column on the Piazzetta, adjacent to Piazza San Marco, both greeting the arriving visitors from the Lagoon and guarding the city for over eight hundred years.
