Medici lions

Connected Sites: 5

Definition
WHS that contain the original or copies of the Medici lions, 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. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici_lions

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Connected Sites

  • Cienfuegos
    Cienfuegos
    Cuba
    Inscribed: 2005
    2.72
    106
    4
    Two versions outside the Cathedral de la Purisma Concepción in Cienfuegos (built 1833–69) (wiki)
  • St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg
    Russia
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.19
    268
    9
    Several versions, including the Lions at the Dvortsovaya pier
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Odesa
    Odesa
    Ukraine
    Inscribed: 2023
    3.17
    64
    2
    At the Vorontsov Palace
  • Medici Villas and Gardens
    Medici Villas and Gardens
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2013
    3.07
    233
    8
    Sculptures in marble by Augustin Pajou at the Villa Medici (1803). (wiki)
  • Florence
    Florence
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    588
    15
    The originals have since 1789 been displayed at the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence. (wiki)