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Lion of Saint Mark
Copper engraving depicting the winged Lion of Saint Mark. This is the sculpture that can be seen atop the column in the Piazzetta San Marco, near Saint Mark’s Square. The Piazzetta is marked by two large granite columns bearing the symbols of the two patron saints of Venice (Saint Theodore and Saint Mark, represented by the winged lion).
This lion has a long history, probably beginning as a winged lion on a monument to the god Sandon in Tarsus, Cilicia (southern Turkey) around 300 BC.