What? The Lion of Venice, an ancient bronze statue of a winged lion which can be seen by countless tourists on a massive plinth of Egyptian granite in the Piazza San Marco. Why is it in the news? A ...

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To visitors, Venice is a glorious tapestry of historic buildings, waterways, bell towers, red roofs — and a mighty winged lion, the symbol of the Venetian republic, carved into structures across the ...

A mystery that has puzzled historians for centuries has finally been unraveled. The bronze winged lion statue that has stood at the heart of Venice's Piazza San Marco for hundreds of years is not of ...

A winged lion sculpture that symbolises the Italian city of Venice was made in China and went on a remarkable journey that possibly involved explorer Marco Polo's father and the court of Mongol ...

A bronze statue of a winged lion that has long graced the center of Piazza San Marco in Venice is from a faraway land, according to a new study. It was made in China as a tomb guardian over 1,000 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Lion of St. Mark stands on a column in the Piazzetta by St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy. - Probst\ullstein bild/Getty ...