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 ...

Venice’s famous bronze statue of a winged lion, which stands atop a pedestal in St. Mark’s Square, took an intercontinental trip to Italy. This symbol of medieval Venetian statehood started out as a ...

The Lion of St. Mark stands on a column in the Piazzetta by St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy. - Probst\ullstein bild/Getty Images To visitors, Venice is a glorious tapestry of historic buildings, ...

The Venice lion may not be Italian. For centuries, a winged lion has stood perched on a tall column over the city of Venice, Italy. And although Venice is renowned for its storied art history, the ...