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Sacred and profane treasures in the St. Mark area

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Deconstruction of the Lion

  • 1st phase4th - 3rd century BC
  • 2nd phase4th - 6th century BC
  • 3rd phase11th century AD
  • 4th phase1293
  • 5th phase1816

Since the 11th century Venetian merchants frequented the Gulf of Alexandretta and, more generally, the lands of the Eastern Mediterranean; it is therefore likely that during one of their trips they seized the Lion statue.
Some feathers arranged on the right side testify to the new and particular role assigned to the lion by the ideology of its new holders, who transformed into the symbol of Mark the Evangelist.
It is assumed that during the 12th century, the Venetians seized the statue, which at that time had already been reduced to a simple lion, but it has not yet been established whether its transformation into the symbol of St. Mark happened in Venice or in the East. It is not even known if when the columns were erected, in 1173, the Lion had been already placed in the Piazzetta.

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  • Regione del Veneto

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  • Procuratoria di San Marco
  • Soprintendenza Speciale per il Patrimonio storico artistico ed etnoantropologico e per il Polo museale della città di Venezia e dei Comuni della Gronda lagunare
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  • Italia Slovenia FESR 2007-2013
  • Regione del Veneto
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Italia Slovenia FESR 2007-2013

Progetto strategico per la conoscenza e la fruibilità del patrimonio culturale condiviso – SHARED CULTURE (CB016) finanziato nell'ambito del Programma per la Cooperazione Transfrontaliera Italia-Slovenia 2007-2013, dal Fondo europeo di sviluppo regionale e dai fondi nazionali

Strateški projekt za poznavanje in dostopnost skupne kulturne dediščine – SHARED CULTURE (CB016), financiran v okviru Programa čezmejnega sodelovanja Italija-Slovenija 2007-2013,iz Evropskega sklada za regionalni razvoj in iz nacionalnih skladov

Ministero dell'economia e delle Finanze Republika Slovenija - Ministrstvo za Gospodarski Razvoj in Tehnologijo The "Wonders of Venice"
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